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"Mr President, I would say that the European Semester process is undoubtedly doing a good job by enhancing economic governance, on the one hand, and enhancing policy coordination, on the other. I also believe that this year’s outcome demonstrates visibly how much the adoption of the ‘six-pack’ has contributed to the semester progress, especially through giving more power to the European Commission. But I also believe that this is a learning process for all of us and, on the basis of the experience of the two cycles, let me point to one or two challenges, as I see them, that this process is facing. In my view, one of the issues is certainly the timing factor. I was thinking that maybe further adjustments with regard to the timing factor could be considered by the Commission, for example, better alignment of the timing of the release of the Annual Growth Survey, which targets the entire EU27 family, and the Alert Mechanism Report, which is introduced by the ‘six-pack’ and which targets specific Member States. Perhaps better alignment and sense of timing could increase the efficiency of the process. Another area which is also important is linked to the fact that forecasts are never perfect. As the Annual Growth Survey is based on the forecast prepared by the Commission and then there are those budgetary adjustment recommendations, I was wondering whether the Commission has already seen any risks, in terms of the changing reality, that do not fully match the forecasts? It would also be interesting, following on from what colleagues have already mentioned, to hear how the Commission sees the proportions between the EU recommendations respected by the Member States and those decisions which are made nationally, irrespective of the recommendations. My very last comment is that what we have seen this year is a visibly enhanced European Parliament role, where again I think the ‘six-pack’ and the economic dialogue have made the difference."@en1
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