European semester : MEPs emphasise employment and investment

The coordination of economic and budgetary policy within the framework of the 'European semester' should continue with more emphasis on job creation and investment in key sectors, and with the involvement of the European Parliament in this procedure. This was the message arising from a debate in Parliament's plenary session on 25 February, during which the EP approved three reports and resolutions on the 'European semester', the mechanism establishing schedules for reports, synchronised economic and financial evaluation, EU-level assessment of…