Structural reform objectives

Question for written answer  E-002038/2021
to the Commission
Rule 138
Hélène Laporte (ID)

To receive financial aid from the European Recovery Fund, EU Member States will each have to draw up a recovery and resilience plan that complies with the country-specific recommendations adopted for their country as part of the European Semester.

The recovery instrument must fund investments in green and digital transition, with commitments to reforms that place the beneficiary countries under scrutiny.

Every Member State that wants to obtain EU funding must include in its national plan a detailed timetable for the reforms demanded by the European Union.

• 1.In return, has the Commission asked France for reforms to unemployment insurance or pensions?
• 2.Is it the nature of the structural reforms that the Commission is focusing on, or cuts in public spending?
• 3.Does it envisage that the structural reforms demanded of Member States in return for aid from the recovery plan will lead to a permanent political procedure for coordinating economic policies within the European Union?