EPRS policy roundtable: EU finances: Is Next Generation EU delivering?

EPRS policy roundtable: EU finances: Is Next Generation EU delivering?

Tuesday 1 October 2024

According to the recent Draghi report, the EU is facing an existential challenge: to become more productive, it will require reforms and massive amounts of investment. Next Generation EU and its Recovery and Resilience Facility will, up until the end 2026, finance investment and reform measures through national plans for each Member State. The latest edition of the EPRS Economic Outlook Quarterly shows that implementation of the national plans is under way, but to varying degrees across the EU. This panel discussion brings together a distinguished panel of speakers to assess whether Next Generation EU is delivering on its objectives. Could lessons from these innovative instruments contribute to the debate on the future design of EU finances?

Speakers include:

Aurore LALUCQ, MEP, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Siegfried MUREŞAN, MEP, Co-rapporteur on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Céline GAUER, Director-General of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force, European Commission
Eulalia RUBIO, Senior Research Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute , and Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies
Sander TORDOIR, Chief Economist, Centre for European Reform

EPRS products related to this event:
Economic Outlook Quarterly: A crucial phase for Next Generation EU: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinkt...
Topical digest: Is Next Generation EU delivering? http://www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/TD...
Interactive infographic on NGEU and the RRF https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinkt...