Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the 2015 National Reform Programme of Germany and delivering a Council opinion on the 2015 Stability Programme of Germany

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Series Details (2015) 256 final (13.5.15)
Publication Date 13/05/2015
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On 8 July 2014, the Council adopted a Recommendation on Germany’s national reform programme for 2014 and delivered its opinion on Germany’s updated stability programme for 2014. On 28 November 2014, in line with Regulation (EU) No 473/2013, the Commission presented its opinion on Germany’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 Germany 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 Germany. This assessed Germany’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 Germany is experiencing macroeconomic imbalances which require decisive policy action and monitoring. Risks have increased in light of the persistence of insufficient private and public investment, which represents a drag on growth and contributes to the very high current account surplus which continues to require close attention. The need for action to reduce the risk of adverse effects on the German economy and, given its size, on the economic and monetary union more widely, is particularly great.

On 28 April 2015, Germany submitted its 2015 National Reform Programme and on 16 April 2015 its 2015 Stability Programme. To take account of their interlinkages, the two programmes have been assessed at the same time.

Source Link http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2015:256:FIN
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EUR-Lex: COM(2015)256: Follow the progress of this recommendation through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:256:FIN
ESO: Background Information: Website: Stability and covergence programmes submitted by member states 2006- http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-stability-and-convergence-programmes-1998/

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