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The economic model behind the EU fiscal framework
The long-running discussions on a new EU economic governance framework and a recent German court ruling have fuelled the debate on economic governance. This briefing explores the economic concepts that underlie the fiscal framework. The current EU fiscal framework relies on an economic model that assesses the cyclical condition of each country's economy. To pinpoint an economy's position in the business cycle at any given time, a 'potential output' model is used to estimate the highest level of production ...
NDICI-Global Europe: Implementation
With a budget of almost €79.5 billion in 2021 prices, the Global Europe Instrument is the EU's main financing instrument for external action for 2021 to 2027. The European Commission adopted most of the programming documents under the instrument in December 2021, setting out the priorities and budget allocations for EU cooperation with its partner countries and regions. After two years of operations and before the instrument's mid-term evaluation, the Parliament is set to vote in December on a report ...
Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission 11 December 2023
Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni are invited to the 13th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation. The previous RRD took place on 2 October. This briefing describes the state of play of the implementation of the RRF, and then focusses on an analysis of those modified RRPs that contain a REPowerEU chapter and were already approved by the Council, detailing on some information presented therein and commenting ...
Optionen für einen stärkeren und agileren EU-Haushalt
Die vollständige Studie enthält Empfehlungen, die sich auf mehrere Szenarien stützen, wie der EU-Haushalt neu gefasst werden könnte, damit er bei der Bewältigung neuer und künftiger Herausforderungen, die Ausgaben oder Darlehen auf EU-Ebene erfordern, agiler und reaktionsfähiger ist.
Question time: European measures to prevent and tackle organised crime
Amid troubling reports of organised crime incidents across the European Union (EU), Members of the European Parliament (EP) will have the opportunity to question the European Commission regarding the measures and tools in place and planned to address this issue at 'question time' during the October II plenary session.
Lesung des EU-Haushaltsplans für 2024 im Parlament
Während der Oktober-II-Plenartagung soll das Parlament über seinen Standpunkt zu Abänderungen am Standpunkt des Rates zum Entwurf des EU-Haushaltsplans für 2024 entscheiden. Der Haushaltsausschuss (BUDG) hat seine Lesung des Haushaltsplans 2024 auf seine Forderung nach einer Überarbeitung des Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens (MFR) 2021-2027 abgestimmt. Der BUDG-Ausschuss kehrt alle vom Rat vorgeschlagenen Kürzungen des Entwurfs der Kommission um und schlägt eine erhebliche Aufstockung der Mittel für Verpflichtungen ...
Study in Focus: Transparency and accountability of EU funding for NGOs active in EU policy areas within EU territory
The original full study reviews transparency rules, guidance, systems and practices in EU NGO grant funding, and to what extent these ensure public transparency. The study also provides an overview of NGO management and decision-making culture, and good practice approaches to NGO regulation. The study makes recommendations to improve public transparency and NGO regulation at EU level, and at the same time improve dialogue between EU institutions and NGOs.
Mid-term revision of the 2021-2027 MFF: Interim report on Commission proposal
On 20 June 2023, the Commission made a proposal for a revision of the EU's long-term budget, to urgently address shortcomings and provide further financial support to Ukraine. Overall, the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) supports the revision in its interim report, pending the formal request from the Council, which has yet to agree its position, for consent to the revision. But BUDG says that an additional €10 billion, on top of the €65.8 billion proposed by the Commission, is needed to address the challenges ...
Commitments made at the hearing of Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner-designate Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
The Commissioner-designate, Iliana Ivanova, appeared before the European Parliament on 5 September 2023 to answer questions put by MEPs from the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and on Culture and Education (CULT). During the hearing, she made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to her portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to her by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, including: • Education ...
Im Rahmen dieser Studie, die von der Fachabteilung Bürgerrechte und konstitutionelle Angelegenheiten des Europäischen Parlaments auf Ersuchen des Ausschusses für konstitutionelle Fragen (AFCO) in Auftrag gegeben wurde, werden die finanzpolitischen Reaktionen der EU auf die COVID-19-Pandemie und den Krieg in der Ukraine untersucht. Der Studie zufolge haben die rechtlichen und politischen Instrumente, die zur Bewältigung dieser Krisen entwickelt wurden, zum Aufbau und zur Konsolidierung einer EU-Fiskalkapazität ...