Euro Zone Ministers Pledge Lasting Fiscal Support for Economy

European Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, and European Stability Mechanism Managing Director Klaus Regling attend a news conference during the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Economics and Financial Affairs in Berlin, on Sept. 11, 2020. Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

BERLIN—Euro zone finance ministers pledged continued fiscal support on Friday to get their economies running again after the COVID-19 crisis, chairman of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe said after they met in Berlin.

At their first in-person meeting since February, finance ministers from the 19 countries that share the euro talked informally about the fiscal response to the pandemic that has savaged the European economy since March.