The European Commission's legislative proposals on reforming the EU economic governance framework: a first assessment
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
ETUI - Brussels
2023
9 p.
EU economic governance ; EU law ; fiscal policy
ETUI Policy Brief. European Economic, Employment and Social Policy
2023.04
Public finance and taxation
English
Bibliogr.
2031-8782
"Policy pointers
• The proposed economic governance rules should match the elevated importance they attribute to public investment, with fewer constraints on Member States to undertake the necessary investment to meet pressing common priorities, such as the just green transition and upward social convergence.
• More flexible safeguards on net public expenditure and/or special treatment of types of public investment, especially those explicitly combining green and social objectives (‘eco social public investment') and those aimed at high quality jobs, by means of a ‘golden rule' or a different amortisation of their cost over a longer period, would be ways forward.
• Eventually, a more permanent and powerful EU fiscal capacity should be established to complement national efforts to meet common priorities."
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