17/03/2015 – The Semester Alliance, a broad European coalition bringing together environmental, social and equality NGOs and trade unions, calls on the European Council and the European Parliament to ensure that the European Commission’s proposal for a European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) focuses on achieving the Europe 2020 targets. For this to be attained, changes must be made to the proposal to ensure that the Investments will have a particular focus on Social and Sustainable projects, whilst also being based on a transparent and democratic decision-making process.
Month: March 2015
Green Budget Europe/EEB/CEE Bankwatch and WWF CSRs 2015
GBE/EEB/CEE Bankwatch and WWF 2015 CSRs in Support of the European Semester Proccess. Recommendations in the Eurozone include a tax shift proposal from labour to environmental harmful production of 1 per cent, include a resource efficiency indicator in the Macro-economic governance and a development of a concrete strategy by each of all Member States on how to finish with all environmental harmful subsidies by 2020 latest.
The CSRs document is available here.
European Semester 3.0
16/03/2015- European Semester 3.0: Strong policy coherence needed to rebuild trust and a sustainable development perspective. A policy paper by Green Budget Europe/European Environmental Bureau/CEE BankWatch and WWF. This paper calls for an acceleration of the Environmental Fiscal Reforms via the European Semester and highlights the need to encourage Member States delivery on sustainable development while recalling the European Semester process ‘impact remains mixed’.
Read now the entire article here.
EASPD releases new report: Europe 2020 and the European Semester, bringing well-being to all?
EASPD releases its latest report on the European Semester, calling for a change to the “growth at all costs” approach towards Social Investment and a growth focusing on the well-being of all citizens. The report proposes several recommendations to policy-makers on how they can integrate well-being into European and national public policy, in a manner that is both practical and sustainable. The report also includes national messages from EASPD’s membership to their respective governments and the European Commission; in particular within the framework of the European Semester. Continue Reading
