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Non-cash payments constitute the lifeblood of the developed economies, and a threat to their resilience is automatically a threat to wider economic resilience. The ECON Committee has commissioned two papers from members of its academic expert panel for Banking Union scrutiny in order to analyse threats to the resilience of non-cash payments and possible measures to strengthen resilience. This briefing reviews the two papers and puts forward the main lessons they offer.

In June 2025, EU Member States that are members of NATO committed to a significant increase in spending on defence to 5% of GDP to be reached withing a decade. 3.5% of GDP would be spent on core defence items, 1.5% on defence-related items. Obviously, such commitments come on top of already tight public finances in most of the economies concerned. Against this background, in autumn 2025, the ECON Committee requested external expertise to better understand the potential synergies and tensions between ...

This briefing has been prepared for the exchange of views with the Chair of the European Fiscal Board (EFB), scheduled for 29 January 2026. It provides background information on the EFB’s mandate, and summarises the Board’s two main annual publications - the Annual Report and the Assessment of the euro area fiscal stance - as well as other relevant contributions recently published by the EFB. Further information on the EFB’s revised role within the reformed governance framework is available in a ...

This study examines transparency in the context of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, with a particular focus on data and information availability, quality, granularity, accessibility, comparability and comprehensibility. Lessons learnt are drawn from the positive examples and shortcomings in transparency identified across National Resilience and Recovery Plans and at EU level. The study puts forward some recommendations, including the adoption of an accessible, consistent and interoperable transparency ...

This document provides an overview of the European Parliament’s committee-level Economic Dialogues with other institutions of the European Union under the European Semester for economic policy coordination. It also lists the Recovery and Resilience Dialogues with the European Commission as undertaken by the competent committee(s) since the start of the current legislative term in June 2024, and includes an overview of the respective legal bases. During the 10th legislative term, the competent committees ...

In autumn 2025, the ECON Committee requested external expertise to better understand the evolving EU-US macroeconomic dynamics to foster effective policy scrutiny in light of the European Parliament's economic oversight responsibilities. Three papers have been received: one by Natacha VALLA and François MIGUET (Sciences Po and New York University), one by Cinzia ALCIDI (Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS), and one by Daniela GABOR (SOAS University of London). This briefing presents the main ...

The ECB’s Governing Council set up a High-Level Task Force to recommend simplifications of banking regulation and supervision, chaired by Vice-President Luis De Guindos. On 11 December 2025, the ECB published the task force’ report. This briefing reviews and analyses the proposals and provides context in view of the ECON committee exchange of views with Vice-President De Guindos on 15 January 2026.

This study assesses the evolving structural divergence between the US and EU economies, driven by widening productivity gaps and asymmetric financial integration. It identifies a “Competitiveness Trilemma” constraining EU policy responses to US industrial activism. The paper analyses new transmission channels of economic shocks and proposes a strategic playbook for the European Parliament to enhance industrial sovereignty and rebalance the transatlantic partnership.

Az elmúlt évtizedben az EU-ban jelentős makrogazdasági egyensúlyhiányok és a versenyképesség terén jelentős eltérések tapasztalhatók. Mindez súlyosbította a 2008-ban kezdődő pénzügyi válság negatív hatásait, és megakadályozta közös monetáris politikai intézkedések hatékony alkalmazását ezek megoldására. Az EU 2011-ben létrehozta a makrogazdasági egyensúlyhiányok kezelésére szolgáló eljárást annak érdekében, hogy nemzeti szinten azonosítsa és korrigálja ezeket az egyensúlyhiányokat, különös tekintettel ...