How the EU monitors national economic policies
This section explains how the EU monitors national economic policies, and how and when preventive and corrective measures are put in place.
The European Semester
The European Semester is the framework for integrated surveillance and coordination of economic and employment policies across the European Union.
Stability and Growth Pact
- Applying the rules of the stability and growth pact
- The preventive arm
- The corrective arm/ Excessive Deficit Procedure
- Stability and convergence programmes
- Annual draft budgetary plans (DBPs) of euro area countries
- Legal basis of the Stability and Growth Pact
- Fiscal policy guidance for 2023
- History of the Stability and Growth Pact
Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure
The Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure aims to identify, prevent and address the emergence of potentially harmful macroeconomic imbalances that could adversely affect economic stability in a particular Member State, the euro area, or the EU as a whole.
Timeline: The Evolution of EU Economic Governance
Economic governance in the EU has been reinforced and refined over time, evolving in the context of historical developments.
Economic governance review
The European Commission relaunched the public debate on the review of the EU’s economic governance framework with a Communication published on 19 October 2021. The debate was first launched in February 2020 but later suspended to focus on responding to the economic and social impact of the COVID-19
Green budgeting in the EU
Green budgeting means using the tools of budgetary policymaking to help achieve climate and environmental goals.
European Fiscal Board (EFB)
The European Fiscal Board (EFB) is an independent advisory body of the European Commission.
Consiliile naționale pentru productivitate
Consiliile naționale pentru productivitate sunt instituții independente care își propun să contribuie la dezbaterea privind politicile în materie de productivitate, oferind analize independente de înaltă calitate. Consiliile au abilitatea de a oferi opinii echilibrate pe marginea avantajelor și dezavantajelor anumitor măsuri de politică. Obiectivul lor final este să îmbunătățească elaborarea și implementarea reformelor economice pentru a veni în sprijinul productivității.