Economic dialogue and exchange of views with the Presidents of the Council (ECOFIN)

Analiza 09-07-2018

Hartwig Löger, Minister of Finance of Austria, is participating in the ECON Committee on 11 July 2018 in his capacity of the incoming President of the ECOFIN Council during the Austrian Presidency (July - December 2018). Vladislav Goranov, Minister of Finance of Bulgaria, is participating in the ECON Committee on 12 July 2018 in his capacity of the outgoing President of the ECOFIN Council during the Bulgarian Presidency (January - June 2018). According to the Treaty of the Union “Member States shall regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate them within the Council”. This briefing note covers the 2018 CSRs proposed by the Commission, the implementation of CSRs over the period 2012-2017 and recent decisions related to the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Macro-economic Imbalance Procedure. It also includes elements related to the on-going work to strengthen the governance and the resilience of the Economic and Monetary Union.