What role for the European Semester in the recovery plan?
In-Depth Analysis
15-10-2020
This briefing paper argues that the political imperative to ensure that the economic stimulus from the EU’s new commonly funded facilities is provided expeditiously will prevail against desires to create a robust governance framework for these funds within the European Semester process. The pandemic-related suspension of the Stability and Growth Pact creates a need to reform the Pact ahead of its future reintroduction. This presents an opportunity to incorporate more of the Semester’s reform implementation agenda directly into the Pact’s policy prescriptions.
In-Depth Analysis
External author
Jacob Funk KIRKEGAARD
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Policy area
Keyword
- Asia and Oceania
- China
- coronavirus disease
- economic analysis
- economic conditions
- economic consequence
- economic geography
- economic recession
- economic recovery
- ECONOMICS
- EP Committee
- epidemic
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Semester
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- monetary economics
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- stability pact