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The European Semester of the European Union was established in 2010 as an annual cycle of economic and fiscal policy coordination. It provides a central framework of processes within the EU socio-economic governance. [1]
The European Union since 1945 (Routledge, 2014). Chaban, N. and M. Holland, eds. Communicating Europe in Times of Crisis: External Perceptions of the European Union (2014). Dedman, Martin. The origins and development of the European Union 1945–1995: a history of European integration (Routledge, 2006). De Vries, Catherine E. "Don't Mention the ...
The Council covers a number of EU policy areas, such as economic policy coordination, economic surveillance, monitoring of Member States' budgetary policy and public finances, the euro (legal, practical and international aspects), financial markets and capital movements and economic relations with third countries. [1]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union finance ministers agreed on Wednesday changes to the EU's fiscal rules updating them to the post-pandemic realities of high public debt and the need for massive ...
All EU member states are automatically members of both the EMU and the SGP, as this is defined by paragraphs in the EU Treaty itself. The fiscal discipline is ensured by the SGP by requiring each Member State, to implement a fiscal policy aiming for the country to stay within the limits on government deficit (3% of GDP) and debt (60% of GDP ...
The main objective of the commonly agreed fiscal rules is to avert negative cross-border effects of national fiscal policies and to secure a smooth functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union. The European Fiscal Board also issues advice on the general orientation of fiscal policy in the eurozone. In 2020, the European Fiscal Board supported ...
Fiscal policy can be distinguished from monetary policy, in that fiscal policy deals with taxation and government spending and is often administered by a government department; while monetary policy deals with the money supply, interest rates and is often administered by a country's central bank. Both fiscal and monetary policies influence a ...
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 449 million.