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Does the European Semester deliver the right policy advice?

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  • Zsolt Darvas
  • Erkki Vihriälä

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This paper was prepared at the request of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Commitee of the European Parliament. The July 2013 European Council recommendations to the euro area recognise a number of fiscal and macrostructural challenges, but do not fully exploit the options made possible by the European economic governance framework. There are particular problems with the Council's suggestions for the euro area as whole, which are not (or not...

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  • Zsolt Darvas & Erkki Vihriälä, 2013. "Does the European Semester deliver the right policy advice?," Policy Contributions 793, Bruegel.
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