Press Release: European Semester 2016: Commission publishes Country Reports

On 26 February 2016, the European Commission published its annual analysis of the economic and social challenges in the European Union Member States, the so-called Country Reports.

The European Semester is the EU's annual cycle of economic policy guidance and surveillance.

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