German fin min across the wires ahead of Eurogroup meeting shortly to convene

  • combatting terror financing is a priority
  • wants to make progress on financing for Turkish aid
  • sceptical on FTT accord being possible this year

Schaeuble may be declining to comment but we can reasonably assume he's marking the ECB's lack of expected action last week as a victory for the German lobby

German fin min making no comment on ECB