The European Parliamentary Week (EPW) brings together Parliamentarians from all over the European Union to discuss economic, budgetary and social matters.

The European Parliamentary Week has been held since 2015. In line with the established practice, the European Parliamentary Week consists of the European Semester Conference and the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union. This event also includes three interparliamentary committee meetings organised by the European Parliament’s Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and on Budgets (BUDG).

European Parliamentary Week

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

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The European Semester Conference, organised by the European Parliament, provided an opportunity to exchange information on best practices in implementing the Semester cycles, and to strengthen cooperation in order to scrutinise the actions of the executive at national and European levels within the framework of the European Semester cycle.

European Semester (8th parliamentary term)

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

The European Semester Conference, organised by the European Parliament, provided an opportunity to exchange information on best practices in implementing the Semester cycles, and to strengthen cooperation in order to scrutinise the actions of the executive at national and European levels within the framework of the European Semester cycle.

European Semester (2019-2020)

Parliament will debate and vote on the priorities for this year’s so-called “European Semester”, the EU’s mechanism for the surveillance and coordination of economic and employment policies across member states. MEPs are expected to urge EU countries to better coordinate their economic and fiscal policies and to use the opportunities offered by the EU’s recovery funds to modernise their economies.

The European Semester is the EU's annual cycle of economic policy guidance and surveillance. It provides a framework for the coordination of economic policies across the EU. It allows EU countries to discuss their economic and budget plans and monitor progress at specific times throughout the year. During its 2022 cycle, the European Semester resumes its broad economic and employment policy coordination, while further adapting in line with the implementation requirements of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Member States are expected to submit National reform programmes and stability/convergence programmes, setting out their economic and fiscal policy plans, as in previous European Semester cycles in April. The main novelty in the 2022 cycle will be that the national reform programme (NRP) will play a dual role. Besides its role for the European Semester, the NRP will also fulfil one of the two bi-annual reporting requirements of Member States under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Together with the country reports in May 2022, the Commission will propose to the Council to adopt country-specific recommendations (CSRs). The CSRs will address the key issues identified in the country reports. The country reports, the in-depth reviews and the proposals for CSRs will form part of the 2022 European Semester Spring package.

European Semester

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - European Semester

ECON-EMPL joint committee -  Economic Dialogue and exchange of views on the 2021 European Semester Spring Package

Press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President on the meeting with the German presidency of the European semester and on the recovery fund

European Parliamentary Week 2020. European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union - Family picture - - Co-organised by the European Parliament and the Croatian Parliament

European Parliamentary Week 2020. European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union.- Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). Session 1: Towards a new international tax system?
Session 2: From transparency to sustainability: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives in financial services - Co-organised by the European Parliament and the Croatian Parliament

European Parliamentary Week 2020. European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union.- Plenary: Widening and deepening of EMU Governance: What next ?

Working Group. Monitoring of the European Semester Cycle: Spring 2019

European Parliamentary Week 2019 - European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union- Investment priorities for the post-2020 period

European Parliamentary Week 2019 - European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union

European Parliamentary Week 2019 - European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union- Euro at 20 years: The road ahead

European Parliamentary Week 2019 - European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union- Convergence, stabilisation and cohesion in EMU: What role for the MFF?

European Parliamentary Week 2019 - European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union- BUDG Committee

European Parliamentary Week 2019 - European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union- ECON and TAX3 committees

European Parliamentary Week 2019 - European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union- EMPL Committee

EMPL-ECON joint debate - Economic Dialogue and exchange of views on the 2018 European Semester - Country-Specific Recommendations

European Parliamentary Week 2018 - Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union - Co-organised by the EP and the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Plenary session.

MEPs debate and vote on their recommendations for the next cycle of social, economic and budgetary coordination between member states, known as the European semester. Closing statements by icolas SCHMIT, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights; Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs, by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT); Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS (S&D, ES), Rapporteurs.

European Semester: closing statements by Nicolas SCHMIT, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs, and by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT); Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS (S&D, ES), Rapporteurs

MEPs debate and vote on their recommendations for the next cycle of social, economic and budgetary coordination between member states, known as the European semester. MEPs debate

European Semester: MEPs debate

MEPs debate and vote on their recommendations for the next cycle of social, economic and budgetary coordination between member states, known as the European semester. One round political group leaders.

European Semester: one round of political group leaders

MEPs debate and vote on their recommendations for the next cycle of social, economic and budgetary coordination between member states, known as the European semester. Opening statements by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT); Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS (S&D, ES), Rapporteurs; by Eleni STAVROU (EPP, CY), BUDG and by Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights.

Joint debate - European Semester: opening statements by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT); Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS (S&D, ES), Rapporteurs, leni STAVROU (EPP, CY), Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and Nicolas SCHMIT, EU Commissionner for Jobs

Members of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) hold an Economic Dialogue on the 2021 European Semester Spring Package, with Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People, Paolo GENTILONI, Commissioner for Economy and Nicolas SCHMIT, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights. The Spring Package focuses on providing medium-term fiscal guidance to Member States as they gradually reopen their economies.

Economic Dialogue and exchange of views on the 2021 European Semester Spring Package in EMPL/ECON Committees with Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Paolo GENTILONI and Nicolas SCHMIT: Exchanges of views (part 1)

Members of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) hold an Economic Dialogue on the 2021 European Semester Spring Package, with Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People, Paolo GENTILONI, Commissioner for Economy and Nicolas SCHMIT, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights. The Spring Package focuses on providing medium-term fiscal guidance to Member States as they gradually reopen their economies. This transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Economic Dialogue and exchange of views on the 2021 European Semester Spring Package in EMPL/ECON Committees with Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Paolo GENTILONI and Nicolas SCHMIT: opening remarks by Committee Chairs and Commissioners

Economic Dialogue and exchange of views on the 2021 European Semester Spring Package in EMPL/ECON Committees with Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Paolo GENTILONI and Nicolas SCHMIT: Exchanges of views (part 2)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs participate in a joint debate on the European Semester: opening remark by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of an Economy that works for People, and Commissioner for Trade. Opening statements by Markus FERBER (EPP, DE), Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ (S&D, ES), rapporteurs, Margarida MARQUES (S&D, PT), (BUDG); Nils UŠAKOVS (S&D, LV) BUDG, Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Presidency, President in office of the European Council, and Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of an Economy that works for People, and Commissioner for Trade, and Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR) (ENVI) and Victor NEGRESCU (S&D, RO) (CULT). This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

European Semester: Opening statements

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs participate in a joint debate on the European Semester. MEPs debate part 3/3

European Semester: MEPs debate part 3/3

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs participate in a joint debate on the European Semester. Closing statementsby Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of an Economy that works for People, and Commissioner for Trade and by Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, and Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Presidency, President in office of the European Council

European Semester: closing statements by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner and Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Presidency

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs participate in a joint debate on the European Semester. MEPs debate part 1/3

European Semester: MEPs debate part 1/3

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs participate in a joint debate on the European Semester. MEPs debate part 2/3

European Semester: MEPs debate part 2/3

Opening meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EP in Brussels. MEPs and their national counterparts from EU countries, candidate member states and observer countries speak about the economic, budgetary and social challenges in recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Extracts of the opening statements by David Sassoli, EP President, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, President of the Portuguese Assembleia da República, António Guterres, Secretary General of United Nations, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen, EC President, Christine Lagarde, ECB President.

European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU: extracts of the opening meeting

European Semester Conference. Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU in the European Parliament in Brussels. Opening of the Conference on Investing in our climate, social and economic resilience, What are the main policy priorities? Welcoming remarks by David SASSOLI, EP President and Eduardo FERRO RODRIGUES, President of the Portuguese Assembleia da República. Key note speeches from an international perspective by António GUTERRES, Secretary General of United Nations and Kristalina GEORGIEVA, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Key note speeches from a European perspective by Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council, Ursula von der LEYEN President of the European Commission and Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU: Opening statements and Key note speeches

The European Parliament, together with the Portuguese Parliament, organise remotely the European Parliamentary Week 2021. Extracts from the conclusions by the chairs: Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Luís CAPOULAS SANTOS, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the Portuguese Parliament, Pascal CANFIN (RE, FR), Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), Luis GRACA, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Environment, Energy and Territorial Planning of the Portuguese Parliament, Johan VAN OVERTVELDT, Chair of Committee on Budgets (BUDG), Filipe NETO BRANDAO, Chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the Portuguese Parliament, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), and Pedro ROQUE, Chair of the Committee on Labour and Social Security, Portuguese Parliament Copyright: ARTV, Canal Parlamento

European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU: conclusions by the chairs

Statements by European Parliament’s political groups leaders at the debate "Toghether for a better Europe". This event is taking place on the eve of one of the most important moments for the European Institutions : the State of the Union debate.

Together for a better Europe: statement by Manon AUBRY (GUE/NGL, FR), GUE/NGL Group Leader

David SASSOLI, EP President, holds a press conference following the presentation by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission, of the revised Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and Recovery Plan proposals during an extraordinary plenary session in the European Parliament in Brussels. Journalists ask their questions online via Skype. The following transcription is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery.

Press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President, on the meeting with the incoming German presidency, the European semester and the recovery fund

David SASSOLI, EP President, speaks to the press on the meeting with the incoming German presidency, the European semester and the recovery fund, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Meeting with the incoming German presidency, the European semester and the recovery fund: extracts from the press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President

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