New life for an old framework: redesigning the European Union's expenditure and golden fiscal rules
Testimony before the European Parliament on the subject of EU fiscal policies.
On 13 November 2020, Bruegel Senior fellow Zsolt Darvas gave a presentation and participated in the discussion on ‘EU fiscal policies: how to address sustainability of public finances and economic stabilisation’, at the Shadows' meeting of the Economic and Monetary Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament, related to the pending report ‘The review of the macroeconomic legislative framework for a better impact on Europe’s real economy and improved transparency of decision-making and democratic accountability’.
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