Rajoy brings de Guindos back into race for Eurogroup president

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has brought Luis de Guindos back into the race for the presidency of the Eurogroup. “I want [de Guindos] to be Eurogroup president and minister,” he told reporters after the EU summit on 20 March. Madrid has aimed to secure the post since 2014 as it considers itself under-represented in the EU institutions. However, various sources indicated that de Guindos, who currently fills the post of economic affairs minister, was not interested in filling that…