2017 Country Specific Recommendations: A comparison of the Commission and Council recommendations (the ‘comply or explain’ principle)

The document compares the draft 2017 Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) proposed by the Commission on 22 May 2017 with the 2017 CSRs agreed on the Council Committee level (documents dated 12 June 2017) and submitted to the Council (ECOFIN) for approval on 16 June 2017. These CSRs are to be generally endorsed by the European Council on 22 23 June 2017 and formally adopted by the Council (ECOFIN) on 11 July 2017.