EU Ministers to Finalize Watered-Down Euro Zone Reform Plans

EU Ministers to Finalize Watered-Down Euro Zone Reform Plans
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 19, 2018. Reuters/Eric Vidal/File Photo
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BRUSSELS—European Union finance ministers will seek final agreement on Dec. 3 on deeper euro zone integration which, after a year of negotiations, is likely to turn out much less ambitious than initially planned.

Championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, the reforms were meant to prepare the 19 euro countries for the next financial crisis and unite the EU around the single currency at a time of growing euroskeptic sentiment across the bloc.