This site is about the Frankfurt group (Groupe de Francfort) also called with the French ancronym GdF for short and it is the new political-econimic lobby . The inner circle comprises of the leaders of Germany and France, the presidents of the European Commission and the European Council of EU leaders, the heads of the ECB and IMF, the chairman of Eurogroup finance ministers, and the European commissioner for economic and financial affairs. The group has also been called the politburo of the 17-nation eurozone.

Among members:

• German Chancellor Angela Merkel
• ECB President (European Central Bank) Mario Draghi
• IMF managing director Christine Lagarde
• French president Nicolas Sarkozy
• Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker
• European Comission President José Manuel Barosso
• European Council President Herman Van Rompuy
• EU commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn

Article in the Economist about Groupe de francfort.

The group was born from a meeting at the Frankfurt Opera House in 19th of October 2011.