| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2015) 262 final (13.5.15) |
| Publication Date | 13/05/2015 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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On 8 July 2014, the Council adopted a Recommendation on Italy’s National Reform Programme for 2014 and delivered its opinion on Italy’s updated Stability Programme for 2014. On 28 November 2014, in line with Regulation (EU) No 473/2013, the Commission presented its opinion on Italy’s draft budgetary plan for 2015. On 28 November 2014, the Commission adopted the Annual Growth Survey, marking the start of the 2015 European Semester of economic policy coordination. On the same day, on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011, the Commission adopted the Alert Mechanism Report, in which it identified Italy as one of the Member States for which an in-depth review would be carried out. On 26 February 2015, the Commission published its 2015 country report for Italy. This assessed Italy’s progress in addressing the country-specific recommendations adopted on 8 July 2014. The country report also includes the results of the in-depth review. The Commission’s analysis leads it to conclude that Italy is experiencing excessive macroeconomic imbalances which require decisive policy action and specific monitoring. In particular, it is essential to tackle the root cause of persistently low labour productivity and weak competitiveness and to put the national debt on a downward trajectory. The need for action to reduce the risk of adverse effects on the Italian economy and, given its size, on the economic and monetary union more widely, is particularly great. On 28 April 2015, Italy submitted its 2015 National Reform Programme and its 2015 Stability Programme. To take account of their interlinkages, the two programmes have been assessed at the same time. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2015:262:FIN |
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| Countries / Regions | Italy |
