ECB policymakers to meet next week in Paris

FRANKFURT - European Central Bank policymakers will meet for "an informal get-together" next Thursday afternoon on the eve of a gathering of European Union finance ministers, the ECB said on Friday.

"The ECB’s Governing Council members will hold an informal get-together on the afternoon of Thursday, 24 February in Paris, a day before they attend the informal meeting of EU finance and economy ministers in Paris," the ECB said in a statement.