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How effective and legitimate is the European semester? Increasing role of the European parliament

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  • Benedicta Marzinotto
  • Guntram B. Wolff
  • Mark Hallerberg

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The European Semester is a new institutional process that provides EU member states with ex-ante guidance on fiscal and structural objectives. The Semester’s goals are ambitious and it is still uncertain how it will fit into the new EU economic governance framework. We find that member states are only slowly internalising the new procedure. Furthermore, the Semester has so far lacked legitimacy due to the minor role assigned to the...

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  • Benedicta Marzinotto & Guntram B. Wolff & Mark Hallerberg, 2011. "How effective and legitimate is the European semester? Increasing role of the European parliament," Working Papers 612, Bruegel.
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    2. Walpurga Köhler-Töglhofer, 2011. "Macro Coordination under the European Semester," Monetary Policy & the Economy, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue Q4/11, pages 59-73.
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