European Parliamentary Week 2015

Members of the European Parliament were scheduled to meet with the colleagues from national parliaments on 3-4 February 2015 for the European Parliamentary Week.

he 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.

They took the European Commission's Annual Growth Survey - which was published as the start of the European Semester - as the basis for the debate.

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.

ESO: Background information: Annual Growth Survey 2016: Strengthening the recovery and fostering convergence http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-annual-growth-survey-2016-strengthening-the-recovery-and-fostering-convergence/

ESO: Background information: European Parliamentary Week 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliamentary-week-2014/

EUObserver, 02.02.15: National MPs show varied interest in EU parliament event https://euobserver.com/institutional/127467

Website: European Parliamentary Week http://www.europarl.europa.eu/relnatparl/en/conferences/european-parliamentary-week.html

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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