Press Release: Annual Growth Survey 2016: Strengthening the recovery and fostering convergence

On 26 November 2016 the European Semester package for 2015-16 was launched by the European Commission. The economic package included the following elements:

+ The 2016 Annual Growth Survey (AGS)

+ A recommendation for the economic policy of the euro area

+ The Alert Mechanism Report (AMR)

+ Draft Joint Employment Report

+ Structural Reform Support Programme

+ National investment challenges

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/15/6070, 26.11.15: The start of the 2016 European Semester: The November European Semester package explained http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-6070_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/15/6071, 26.11.15: The EU's economic governance explained http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-6071_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Commission adopts Opinions on the 2016 Draft Budgetary Plans of euro area Member States http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-adopts-opinions-on-the-2016-draft-budgetary-plans-of-euro-area-member-states/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/15/6179, 26.11.15: Press remarks by Vice-President Dombrovskis on the 2016 Annual Growth Survey http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-6179_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/15/6180, 26.11.15: Commissioner Moscovici's opening remarks at the press conference launching the 2016 European Semester http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-6180_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/15/6181, 26.11.15: Speaking points by Employment, Social Affairs and Labour Mobility Commissioner Marianne Thyssen at the press conference to launch the 2016 European Semester http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-6181_en.htm

EurActiv, 27.11.15: Italy, France and Belgium warned over high debt, low growth http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/italy-france-and-belgium-warned-over-high-debt-low-growth-319895

ESO: Background information: Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union: Commission takes concrete steps to strengthen EMU http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-completing-europes-economic-and-monetary-union-commission-takes-concrete-steps-to-strengthen-emu/

ESO: Background information: independent Annual Growth Survey, Fourth Report, December 2015 (iAGS 2016) http://www.europeansources.info/record/independent-annual-growth-survey-fourth-report-december-2015-iags-2016/

Social Europe Journal, 04.12.15: Old Wine In New Bottles: The Economic Priorities Of The European Commission In 2016 http://www.socialeurope.eu/2015/12/old-wine-new-bottles-economic-priorities-european-commission-2016/

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