- “So the, the taxation, all that influence also the business environment. Of course, this audit doesn't look at this, but just to say that there is a relatively large picture out there. And then the second slide in the next slide, if you go to that show, um, next slide please Shows also where we are because of course, the cut off date of the of the report by the court was, I think end of 2024. But since then we have made further progress. So if you can see here, it shows just the progress in the implementation of milestones and targets that are related to business environment on the left compared to the total RF. And you can see that more than almost 55% of all milestones and targets related to business environment have been already fulfilled. Meaning that we have also assessed that and another 20% are declared as complete by the member state not yet assessed. So 75% of all these aspects so are are considered to be completed. So I think it also shows that indeed, in particular from the business environment and reform, which are generally, I have to say, less politically complicated. And so we can see that there is quite some, some progress in there. Lastly, on the recommendations. So if you go to the next slide, so there is in fact only one new recommendation to us from from this audit.”
EU Single Market harmonisation · Priorities of taxation policy in the EU
- “So I think it's a very different, um, picture and conclusion. And I think this is important that we stick to the to the wording of the, of the report. And I think that here again, it is a question of expectation. As we know, the RF has never been aimed at addressing every single CSI in every single aspect. That would have not been possible. This is all a significant subset and the RF as an annex, which really helps us to assess this. And it links really to the financial support that is so big. Member state with a lot of financial support, was really supposed to address more CSI. So that was one thing. And second, it's never said all CSR in all areas. So and we have the same issue with the labor market because when you look at labor market, of course member states are choosing the CSR. But not all labor market is the same. Conclusion here on the business environment is that it was never expected that all Member States address all CSR in all labor markets, in all business environments, member States are looking at what are the most important challenges and combine various funds to address as much CSR as they can. And that's why there is a finding that says one quarter of the CSR addressed by the member states themselves. And this is good news. So that means that the CRF is complementing the effort of the of the member states.”
State Aid · Cohesion and rural funding · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “So you need to think about the countries that got big budgets. They made a lot of reforms compared to ones that received less. So this is normal if you're going to look at the different levels of ambition. It was linked to the funding that they had to implement those reforms. So I think in general that is something that is normal. And the member states can choose which CSR they want to include in their plan. And this is an overall assessment of all of the CSR in all of the fields to see if, in light of the budget that they received, it could be seen as a significant subset or not. So that is the point here. You need to look at the different plans. And then there was the expectation that the packages would be different. And I think that the report shows that when it comes to business environment, that's something that's generally well covered in the plans. It's not in all of them, but it's more of a general approach. So that's the approach. It wasn't bad to see that in two thirds of the cases there were measures looking at business environment issues, it's not going to cover everything. But of course it depends on what your expectations were from the plans.”
Size of EU budget · Cohesion and rural funding · Conditions to access EU budget
- “Many thanks, but I think Mrs. managed to answer some of them, but just to to agree with her on. Indeed. So I think that there is indeed we can see an an increase in the implementation of the country specific recommendation. Um, we have looked at this in two ways. First, as I said in the mid-term evaluation, we did a very large survey based. I mean, this was run by an independent contractor, and they really show that all member states said that thanks to this money, they have done the reform, that they wouldn't have done it if there wasn't the RF. And also, we have compared the implementation of the CSRs now with the past before the RF. And we can see that basically there is an increase of implementation rate by 17 percentage points. So 17 percentage point above 50 and a bit to more than 70%. So after 2 or 3 years. So this is. So we have we have evidence that there is there is indeed an implementation. So so that's one. Uh, on the the delays I mean we, we, we acknowledge also that there are, there are some, some delays compared to the initial timeline, but generally at least on business environment with the report also, I mean, and I showed in my slide that we are certainly progressing faster than, than, than the rest of the RF. So, so I think here and confirmed that they don't see a risk necessarily on the implementation reaching the the output. So that's that's the thing. We also agree it's an important element of the difference between the result and the output. And it's true that the on milestones and targets these are essentially um I always confused myself. But these are essentially um results or outputs. Exactly. So the first thing because this is what the member state can control, um, they are happy to say, okay, we have to pass the legislation.”
European Semester (social dimension) · Conditions to access EU budget · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “So and the findings is also that only 7% of the CSR are not addressed at all. So I think that it's of course depending on what is your initial expectation. But from our point of view, it's not necessarily a bad conclusion. So I think this is this is quite important. And then the last point that is important to keep in mind is that there are many, many reforms that affect the business environment and are not classified as business environment related as such. And so that has also an influence. So in our view, this result and the report shows it's not we think that it shows really that the CRF has had has added a large part of the CSR and that the result show that milestones are met and that we can see the first sign of the result happening if you go to the next slide. I wanted also to show. So that's just to keep the thing in perspective. So here it's a it's a chart that shows basically we have run we have used the AI to classify every um every kid. So every r plans by and looking at every reform, every investment in the plan and classify them in terms of industry NAICs code. And so you can see that what we are looking at is really the the blue part grosso modo. So it's business environmental reform. But you have many other reforms that I said before that are for example on on on skills that are very important on the public administration reform.”
EU Single Market harmonisation
- “Thanks. Well, this is a well known issue that we that this this House has on the on the RF clearly the transparency. We recognize that we are also very much for transparency. But okay, in this current setting, as we have explained, it's difficult to to get all the member states publishing all the data. Um, so but we have corrected that for the next MFF, so that is already there. Um, now, just to reassure you, when we go, we go on site as well. We do ex-post audit on some of the so the team are going and exposed to audit. And in some of the cases and for every of the audit following the recommendation by the ECA, even if it's on milestone target, we check for conflict of interest in that. But of course we do on a regular basis. And in that case we ask also for the where the money goes and each time we get the information. So. So I confirm that there is no case where the member state could not give us the information. Sometimes it may take time and that's that's true because they haven't been necessarily. Some member states have built an amazing system and they can give it to you immediately. Others also, because it's decentralized. Sometimes they have to ask for the local authority and so on. But there was never a case, at least on our own audit, where the member state could not give the information. It took time, that is clear. And of course it's only on a very much sampled where we check conflict of interest, fraud and so on and so forth, and we put this data in and so on and so forth. So we do our checks. But here we always got the information that we wanted, which is of course not the same as to say they don't publish the information at all. Only 100%. That's clear. But these two reassure that at least they know where we are when we ask. Thanks.”
Transparency requirements of EU institutions · Discharge of EU institutions and agencies · Accounting and auditing of EU budget
- “Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, um. Yes, indeed. So we have as Mrs. said, this is the second audit on on the account reforms. I think this is important that the European Court of Auditors looks at reform, because at the end it was one of the essential features of the RF to try to incentivise reform. I mean, the report is in fact a bit more positive than Mrs.. Similarities between um and the drafting is better and more balanced. Let me put out a few, a few, um, a few of the findings. So if you can can go to the, to the next slide. Um, so I will highlight the positive and then a negative aspect of the report quoting very much the report. One of the conclusions of the report is that two thirds of the CSRs were addressed by by reform and investment in the RF. So in the ERPs. And I think it's a very strong conclusion, because it shows that the RF has been indeed a major driver of, of of reform, and that has helped to to tackle bottlenecks in member states. So that's that's an important element that is mentioned in the report. The second element I think is important to highlight is that it confirms and acknowledged that the feedback of the member states, which has really said that the RF support has been a key aspect to deliver and to make sure that the reforms are being implemented on the ground.”
Discharge of EU institutions and agencies · Accounting and auditing of EU budget · Conditions to access EU budget
- “But of course, since this is based on, on on the future, we have always to be careful because we need to respect the prerogative of the two co-legislators. Um, the next slide. This is also a recommendation that was um from the labour market audit. So not a new one, a repetition that we have also partially accepted that we need to set up a if we prepare a new legislative proposal on future instruments, we need to have a framework for assessing the result of the measure, and then we have indeed put forward for the MFF a very robust performance framework which includes suitable indicators for future programmes. So we have already done so. I mean, of course we need to see what is the what the result of the negotiations on the MFF will, will, will lead to. And the last recommendation, which is also a repetition from the labour market audit, which we have also fully accept, is that we should prepare basically recommendations. We should explain to the Parliament and the Council about the implementation of the RF measure in the context of the European Semester. We are doing that already, but the European semester needs to, of course, report on all CSRs. But in our recent report we have really tried to pay attention to distinguish also what are the reforms that are implemented implemented thanks to the to the RF. And I can I can stop here. Thank you very much.”
European Semester (social dimension) · Size of EU budget · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “Thanks. Well, this is a well known issue that we that this this House has on the on the RF clearly the transparency. We recognize that we are also very much for transparency. But okay, in this current setting, as we have explained, it's difficult to to get all the member states publishing all the data. Um, so but we have corrected that for the next MFF, so that is already there. Um, now, just to reassure you, when we go, we go on site as well. We do ex-post audit on some of the so the team are going and exposed to audit. And in some of the cases and for every of the audit following the recommendation by the ECA, even if it's on milestone target, we check for conflict of interest in that. But of course we do on a regular basis. And in that case we ask also for the where the money goes and each time we get the information. So. So I confirm that there is no case where the member state could not give us the information. Sometimes it may take time and that's that's true because they haven't been necessarily. Some member states have built an amazing system and they can give it to you immediately. Others also, because it's decentralized. Sometimes they have to ask for the local authority and so on. But there was never a case, at least on our own audit, where the member state could not give the information. It took time, that is clear. And of course it's only on a very much sampled where we check conflict of interest, fraud and so on and so forth, and we put this data in and so on and so forth. So we do our checks. But here we always got the information that we wanted, which is of course not the same as to say they don't publish the information at all. Only 100%. That's clear. But these two reassure that at least they know where we are when we ask. Thanks.”
Transparency requirements of EU institutions · Discharge of EU institutions and agencies · Accounting and auditing of EU budget
- “This is also in line with our mid-term evaluation, which has also, um, was was based on an independent evaluation where we have also concluded and the survey shows that indeed all member states, all stakeholders, everybody confirmed that the fact that you are linking money to reform has really helped, that these reforms are actually implemented. So it's different to have something in the government programme where it is you have money that helps really to, um, to put that in place. The third important aspect is that the report found out that 17 out of the 18, um, sample business environment and reform have achieved the expected output. So that's quite good. So that means that 70% or 99% of the reforms have been have been met. There is, I think, a mistake in the slide of Mrs. Malartic because the only one that is not met is not in Bulgaria, not in Belgium, in Bulgaria. And there was a difference of view in the statement of assurance in 2022. But for the rest, I mean, all results have been have been achieved. And the last one is that we can see also that for five of the 17 reforms in the sample, we can see also significant results. So that goes after the milestones and targets. These are not only the output but also the results are actually seen which I would say of course everybody can see whether the glass is half empty or half full, but in a way.”
Cohesion and rural funding · Conditions to access EU budget
- “Thank you for those questions. You were talking about how difficult it was for companies to access financing. Now that is something that happens quite often. And it's not only linked to the RF. So I think that would also go beyond today's discussion. But we are doing everything we can. The commission has put in a huge amount of effort to try to reduce the administrative burden, because it really is a concern, and I would say that we have organized the simplification dialogues. They're organized by the different commissioners and by Commissioner Dombrowski in particular. We had two on the RF, and there was one that was organized with companies In the. Association sector to see if they had difficulty accessing that financing. They actually didn't find it that difficult to access the funding. So there were 18 representatives from the different sectors, but the message wasn't so negative when it came to the RF. But I'm not saying it's not a general problem. Then there's another point that you mentioned. Mrs. Mattie has said this as well. I think we need to put it all into perspective. This is an all or significant subset. And as I explained, there is this annexed and you need to interpret it in light of the financing given to the member states and the specific challenges there are in the member States. And so we. Never had the idea here that. If there is a country and if it had very little financing, that was going to address all of the reforms.”
State Aid
- “Thank you for those questions. You were talking about how difficult it was for companies to access financing. Now that is something that happens quite often. And it's not only linked to the RF. So I think that would also go beyond today's discussion. But we are doing everything we can. The commission has put in a huge amount of effort to try to reduce the administrative burden, because it really is a concern, and I would say that we have organized the simplification dialogues. They're organized by the different commissioners and by Commissioner Dombrowski in particular. We had two on the RF, and there was one that was organized with companies In the. Association sector to see if they had difficulty accessing that financing. They actually didn't find it that difficult to access the funding. So there were 18 representatives from the different sectors, but the message wasn't so negative when it came to the RF. But I'm not saying it's not a general problem. Then there's another point that you mentioned. Mrs. Mattie has said this as well. I think we need to put it all into perspective. This is an all or significant subset. And as I explained, there is this annexed and you need to interpret it in light of the financing given to the member states and the specific challenges there are in the member States. And so we. Never had the idea here that. If there is a country and if it had very little financing, that was going to address all of the reforms.”
State Aid
- “But of course, since this is based on, on on the future, we have always to be careful because we need to respect the prerogative of the two co-legislators. Um, the next slide. This is also a recommendation that was um from the labour market audit. So not a new one, a repetition that we have also partially accepted that we need to set up a if we prepare a new legislative proposal on future instruments, we need to have a framework for assessing the result of the measure, and then we have indeed put forward for the MFF a very robust performance framework which includes suitable indicators for future programmes. So we have already done so. I mean, of course we need to see what is the what the result of the negotiations on the MFF will, will, will lead to. And the last recommendation, which is also a repetition from the labour market audit, which we have also fully accept, is that we should prepare basically recommendations. We should explain to the Parliament and the Council about the implementation of the RF measure in the context of the European Semester. We are doing that already, but the European semester needs to, of course, report on all CSRs. But in our recent report we have really tried to pay attention to distinguish also what are the reforms that are implemented implemented thanks to the to the RF. And I can I can stop here. Thank you very much.”
European Semester (social dimension) · Size of EU budget · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “So when we know that a reform takes time to be implemented. So that's normal and the result takes more time to be to be delivered on the ground. So if we have for five of the 17 already the the the result. In our view, this is quite a powerful proof that basically the the the RF is is um is is working. Um, and then also it's very important to in some cases the European Court of Auditors cannot have the evidence of the result. But it doesn't mean that we cannot find the evidence. The result can be there even if we don't have the evidence yet. So I think that's quite important to keep in mind. But of course. And next slide please. There are also important lessons learned or criticism from the ECA. I will point two of them. One is I think more semantic, but it's the new, um, one compared to the labour market reform, because the rest is very similar in terms of, of findings. But here is that there is a difference of, of an inconsistency called the court. We say it's a difference of how we have defined business environment in the, in the RF and in the European semester. But this is really because they are they serve different purposes. And also they were they were created at different times. So the policy area under the European Semester dates back from from quite some times. And they are used for economic policy coordination.”
European Semester (social dimension) · Discharge of EU institutions and agencies · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “This is also in line with our mid-term evaluation, which has also, um, was was based on an independent evaluation where we have also concluded and the survey shows that indeed all member states, all stakeholders, everybody confirmed that the fact that you are linking money to reform has really helped, that these reforms are actually implemented. So it's different to have something in the government programme where it is you have money that helps really to, um, to put that in place. The third important aspect is that the report found out that 17 out of the 18, um, sample business environment and reform have achieved the expected output. So that's quite good. So that means that 70% or 99% of the reforms have been have been met. There is, I think, a mistake in the slide of Mrs. Malartic because the only one that is not met is not in Bulgaria, not in Belgium, in Bulgaria. And there was a difference of view in the statement of assurance in 2022. But for the rest, I mean, all results have been have been achieved. And the last one is that we can see also that for five of the 17 reforms in the sample, we can see also significant results. So that goes after the milestones and targets. These are not only the output but also the results are actually seen which I would say of course everybody can see whether the glass is half empty or half full, but in a way.”
Cohesion and rural funding · Conditions to access EU budget
- “So they are generally less numerous number of of area. And so they are more narrowly focused because and these issues basically in the Commission to attribute the reform to different different services and follow up, while the policy area in the RF were based on the policy pillar that had been just created by, by, by this, this very house. And so and was defined in recital. So we had to to follow, follow that. So that's why there are different of, of some difference. But generally they capture a bit the same. But in any case we follow an Annie and it has no impact on whether or not we can follow the CSR. And CSR is tagged to an RF measures. And so whether it is in the same area or not, at the end, we have really been able to to make this, this mapping. So that was the first. And the second one is that while while as I said, so two thirds of the business environment, environment related CSR have been addressed by, by, by the, the, the RF to at least by the sample that the court looks indeed, as this funds about half of the success related to business environment are unaddressed or are only marginally covered. So. But okay. Mrs. Malik concluded that the report concludes that it's the RF has only have a very limited, as you said, impact. Well, the report does not conclude that the report concludes that only partially address CSR.”
Transparency requirements of EU institutions · Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
- “Many thanks, but I think Mrs. managed to answer some of them, but just to to agree with her on. Indeed. So I think that there is indeed we can see an an increase in the implementation of the country specific recommendation. Um, we have looked at this in two ways. First, as I said in the mid-term evaluation, we did a very large survey based. I mean, this was run by an independent contractor, and they really show that all member states said that thanks to this money, they have done the reform, that they wouldn't have done it if there wasn't the RF. And also, we have compared the implementation of the CSRs now with the past before the RF. And we can see that basically there is an increase of implementation rate by 17 percentage points. So 17 percentage point above 50 and a bit to more than 70%. So after 2 or 3 years. So this is. So we have we have evidence that there is there is indeed an implementation. So so that's one. Uh, on the the delays I mean we, we, we acknowledge also that there are, there are some, some delays compared to the initial timeline, but generally at least on business environment with the report also, I mean, and I showed in my slide that we are certainly progressing faster than, than, than the rest of the RF. So, so I think here and confirmed that they don't see a risk necessarily on the implementation reaching the the output. So that's that's the thing. We also agree it's an important element of the difference between the result and the output. And it's true that the on milestones and targets these are essentially um I always confused myself. But these are essentially um results or outputs. Exactly. So the first thing because this is what the member state can control, um, they are happy to say, okay, we have to pass the legislation.”
European Semester (social dimension) · Conditions to access EU budget · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “So and the findings is also that only 7% of the CSR are not addressed at all. So I think that it's of course depending on what is your initial expectation. But from our point of view, it's not necessarily a bad conclusion. So I think this is this is quite important. And then the last point that is important to keep in mind is that there are many, many reforms that affect the business environment and are not classified as business environment related as such. And so that has also an influence. So in our view, this result and the report shows it's not we think that it shows really that the CRF has had has added a large part of the CSR and that the result show that milestones are met and that we can see the first sign of the result happening if you go to the next slide. I wanted also to show. So that's just to keep the thing in perspective. So here it's a it's a chart that shows basically we have run we have used the AI to classify every um every kid. So every r plans by and looking at every reform, every investment in the plan and classify them in terms of industry NAICs code. And so you can see that what we are looking at is really the the blue part grosso modo. So it's business environmental reform. But you have many other reforms that I said before that are for example on on on skills that are very important on the public administration reform.”
State Aid · EU Single Market harmonisation
- “So I think it's a very different, um, picture and conclusion. And I think this is important that we stick to the to the wording of the, of the report. And I think that here again, it is a question of expectation. As we know, the RF has never been aimed at addressing every single CSI in every single aspect. That would have not been possible. This is all a significant subset and the RF as an annex, which really helps us to assess this. And it links really to the financial support that is so big. Member state with a lot of financial support, was really supposed to address more CSI. So that was one thing. And second, it's never said all CSR in all areas. So and we have the same issue with the labor market because when you look at labor market, of course member states are choosing the CSR. But not all labor market is the same. Conclusion here on the business environment is that it was never expected that all Member States address all CSR in all labor markets, in all business environments, member States are looking at what are the most important challenges and combine various funds to address as much CSR as they can. And that's why there is a finding that says one quarter of the CSR addressed by the member states themselves. And this is good news. So that means that the CRF is complementing the effort of the of the member states.”
State Aid · European Semester (social dimension) · Cohesion and rural funding
- “So the, the taxation, all that influence also the business environment. Of course, this audit doesn't look at this, but just to say that there is a relatively large picture out there. And then the second slide in the next slide, if you go to that show, um, next slide please Shows also where we are because of course, the cut off date of the of the report by the court was, I think end of 2024. But since then we have made further progress. So if you can see here, it shows just the progress in the implementation of milestones and targets that are related to business environment on the left compared to the total RF. And you can see that more than almost 55% of all milestones and targets related to business environment have been already fulfilled. Meaning that we have also assessed that and another 20% are declared as complete by the member state not yet assessed. So 75% of all these aspects so are are considered to be completed. So I think it also shows that indeed, in particular from the business environment and reform, which are generally, I have to say, less politically complicated. And so we can see that there is quite some, some progress in there. Lastly, on the recommendations. So if you go to the next slide, so there is in fact only one new recommendation to us from from this audit.”
EU Single Market harmonisation · Priorities of taxation policy in the EU
- “So when we know that a reform takes time to be implemented. So that's normal and the result takes more time to be to be delivered on the ground. So if we have for five of the 17 already the the the result. In our view, this is quite a powerful proof that basically the the the RF is is um is is working. Um, and then also it's very important to in some cases the European Court of Auditors cannot have the evidence of the result. But it doesn't mean that we cannot find the evidence. The result can be there even if we don't have the evidence yet. So I think that's quite important to keep in mind. But of course. And next slide please. There are also important lessons learned or criticism from the ECA. I will point two of them. One is I think more semantic, but it's the new, um, one compared to the labour market reform, because the rest is very similar in terms of, of findings. But here is that there is a difference of, of an inconsistency called the court. We say it's a difference of how we have defined business environment in the, in the RF and in the European semester. But this is really because they are they serve different purposes. And also they were they were created at different times. So the policy area under the European Semester dates back from from quite some times. And they are used for economic policy coordination.”
European Semester (social dimension) · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “For example, on labour market, the member state will say, yes, we can pass this reform and that we can control that will pass the reform. The impact of this reform on unemployment, for example, is much more difficult, even though this is clearly the objective. But for the member state, if they have to link that to to money, they will not want to do it because they cannot control it. And that's the problem that we have. And so in the next MFF, what we have done is that we have followed really much of the recommendation by by the European Court of Auditors. And for example, we have now the European Court of Auditors criticises from saying this common indicator which are supposed to monitor the the output, the result, they are not very much linked to the milestone. So now we have a one list of milestones. But there will be essentially result because this is what the member States can can control. But to reassure Mrs. Malisic that we have heard you also on the baseline and target. And then in the the plan, all member States would have for every of the indicator, choose a baseline and choose a target. So that is being taken on. And then my last comment is that, um, the MFF doesn't replicate. It's not a full replicate of the of the RF. There are some features that are influenced by that. But many of the things have been changed, in particular on the role of the region, the transparency, which is a key point for the parliament. Um, and this is going to be on shared management. So that's, that's quite important to, to mention.”
Size of EU budget · Conditions to access EU budget · EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
- “So you need to think about the countries that got big budgets. They made a lot of reforms compared to ones that received less. So this is normal if you're going to look at the different levels of ambition. It was linked to the funding that they had to implement those reforms. So I think in general that is something that is normal. And the member states can choose which CSR they want to include in their plan. And this is an overall assessment of all of the CSR in all of the fields to see if, in light of the budget that they received, it could be seen as a significant subset or not. So that is the point here. You need to look at the different plans. And then there was the expectation that the packages would be different. And I think that the report shows that when it comes to business environment, that's something that's generally well covered in the plans. It's not in all of them, but it's more of a general approach. So that's the approach. It wasn't bad to see that in two thirds of the cases there were measures looking at business environment issues, it's not going to cover everything. But of course it depends on what your expectations were from the plans.”
Size of EU budget · Cohesion and rural funding · Conditions to access EU budget
- “So they are generally less numerous number of of area. And so they are more narrowly focused because and these issues basically in the Commission to attribute the reform to different different services and follow up, while the policy area in the RF were based on the policy pillar that had been just created by, by, by this, this very house. And so and was defined in recital. So we had to to follow, follow that. So that's why there are different of, of some difference. But generally they capture a bit the same. But in any case we follow an Annie and it has no impact on whether or not we can follow the CSR. And CSR is tagged to an RF measures. And so whether it is in the same area or not, at the end, we have really been able to to make this, this mapping. So that was the first. And the second one is that while while as I said, so two thirds of the business environment, environment related CSR have been addressed by, by, by the, the, the RF to at least by the sample that the court looks indeed, as this funds about half of the success related to business environment are unaddressed or are only marginally covered. So. But okay. Mrs. Malik concluded that the report concludes that it's the RF has only have a very limited, as you said, impact. Well, the report does not conclude that the report concludes that only partially address CSR.”
Transparency requirements of EU institutions · Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
- “And this is the one on the policy area. So this the based on the idea, as I mentioned, that the policy business environment was not exactly defined the same way in the, the, the European semester and in the RF. So we have partially accepted that because as such, of course, we try to have like a consistent approach. And so we we are committed to try to align our approach. Um, and then in fact, if you see in the MFF, we have really tried to have one performance, um, performance framework with only one type of list of milestones and targets. So I think that will certainly help. But at the same time, I mean, since it is also for the future, we have to be, um, to be to be clear that we need to see what how this, this, this, this work in practice. But but that is for, for the only new recommendation. Then there are three recommendations that are basically repeated from the labour market audit. So they are exactly the same. So just let me go through them very quickly. So the next slide please. There is one. Exactly. So that is that has been I think mentioned by Mrs. Malik, which is that we need to ensure sufficient coverage of key of key challenges in the CSRs. Basically, we have already almost implemented this because we have indeed in the next MFF, we have really decided that we need again that the plans needs to address all or significant subset of of CSR.”
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- “Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, um. Yes, indeed. So we have as Mrs. said, this is the second audit on on the account reforms. I think this is important that the European Court of Auditors looks at reform, because at the end it was one of the essential features of the RF to try to incentivise reform. I mean, the report is in fact a bit more positive than Mrs.. Similarities between um and the drafting is better and more balanced. Let me put out a few, a few, um, a few of the findings. So if you can can go to the, to the next slide. Um, so I will highlight the positive and then a negative aspect of the report quoting very much the report. One of the conclusions of the report is that two thirds of the CSRs were addressed by by reform and investment in the RF. So in the ERPs. And I think it's a very strong conclusion, because it shows that the RF has been indeed a major driver of, of of reform, and that has helped to to tackle bottlenecks in member states. So that's that's an important element that is mentioned in the report. The second element I think is important to highlight is that it confirms and acknowledged that the feedback of the member states, which has really said that the RF support has been a key aspect to deliver and to make sure that the reforms are being implemented on the ground.”
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- “And this is the one on the policy area. So this the based on the idea, as I mentioned, that the policy business environment was not exactly defined the same way in the, the, the European semester and in the RF. So we have partially accepted that because as such, of course, we try to have like a consistent approach. And so we we are committed to try to align our approach. Um, and then in fact, if you see in the MFF, we have really tried to have one performance, um, performance framework with only one type of list of milestones and targets. So I think that will certainly help. But at the same time, I mean, since it is also for the future, we have to be, um, to be to be clear that we need to see what how this, this, this, this work in practice. But but that is for, for the only new recommendation. Then there are three recommendations that are basically repeated from the labour market audit. So they are exactly the same. So just let me go through them very quickly. So the next slide please. There is one. Exactly. So that is that has been I think mentioned by Mrs. Malik, which is that we need to ensure sufficient coverage of key of key challenges in the CSRs. Basically, we have already almost implemented this because we have indeed in the next MFF, we have really decided that we need again that the plans needs to address all or significant subset of of CSR.”
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- “For example, on labour market, the member state will say, yes, we can pass this reform and that we can control that will pass the reform. The impact of this reform on unemployment, for example, is much more difficult, even though this is clearly the objective. But for the member state, if they have to link that to to money, they will not want to do it because they cannot control it. And that's the problem that we have. And so in the next MFF, what we have done is that we have followed really much of the recommendation by by the European Court of Auditors. And for example, we have now the European Court of Auditors criticises from saying this common indicator which are supposed to monitor the the output, the result, they are not very much linked to the milestone. So now we have a one list of milestones. But there will be essentially result because this is what the member States can can control. But to reassure Mrs. Malisic that we have heard you also on the baseline and target. And then in the the plan, all member States would have for every of the indicator, choose a baseline and choose a target. So that is being taken on. And then my last comment is that, um, the MFF doesn't replicate. It's not a full replicate of the of the RF. There are some features that are influenced by that. But many of the things have been changed, in particular on the role of the region, the transparency, which is a key point for the parliament. Um, and this is going to be on shared management. So that's, that's quite important to, to mention.”
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