European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026

Tabled by Manon Aubry

Added: 15b. Regrets that in order to comply with the revised economic governance rules, Member State governments, France being at the forefront, have committed in their national fiscal and budgetary plans to reducing public expenditure and implementing structural reforms; deplores the fact that these commitments have already or will in the near future translate into concrete measures deeply affecting the population, such as the reform of the pension system, the reform of the unemployment scheme, a decrease in healthcare reimbursements, and job cuts in public administrations such as public education, leading to a general degradation of public services; warns that these economic policies aiming at complying with the objectives of the European Semester will have a harmful and long-lasting impact on EU citizens and their collective capacity to cope with the ecological crisis, while at the same time failing to achieve the deficit and debt reduction for which these policies were intended;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.977v01-00