European Semester 3.0 - Strong policy coherence needed to rebuild trust and a sustainable development perspective

The European Semester should be further developed to become an effective governance and enforcement mechanism that can ensure coherence between national fiscal policies and overarching sustainable development objectives. To this extent national Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR) should be accelerated via the European Semester and Member States national public spending and investment plans should be checked against their delivery on sustainable development.

Read more in this briefing (pdf)

Environmental NGOs have carried out a consultation among their networks of members and national experts and are providing concrete country specific recommendations for 21 Member States as well as the Eurozone in general.

Read the country-specific recommendations (pdf)