European Parliamentary Week: Europe between austerity and growth

On 3-4 February 2015, national parliamentarians from the EU Member States took part in European Parliamentary Week in Brussels on the European Semester and the interparliamentary conference on economic governance.

The conference presented an opportunity to discuss such issues as:

+ The European economic governance framework: stock-taking and future challenges
+ A European New Deal: stimulating public and private investment for growth and jobs in Europe
+ Fiscal consolidation and structural reforms
+ Strengthening the social dimension of EMU
+ The payments shortfall in the EU Budget;
+ The accountability of supervisory authorities in financial services.

Participants included Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission; Pierre Moscovici, EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs; Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup; Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament; Roberto Gualtieri MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON), and representatives of national parliaments from the EU Member States.

• Primary Source

UK: Parliament: Parliamentary business: Committees: All committees A-Z: Lords Select: EU Economic and Financial Affairs Sub-Committee: News: European Parliamentary Week http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-economic-and-financial-affairs-and-international-trade-sub-committee-a/news/european-parliamentary-week/

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