What do we know about the BICC today?

Briefing 27-04-2020

The budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness is part of the Eurogroup December 2018 “comprehensive plan to strengthen the Euro’’, and may gain prominence also as part of the response to the corona crisis. This note presents its main features, as known on the basis of public sources. It addresses its connection with the European Semester and the more general framework of economic policy coordination. On 22 and 24 April, draft reports for the BICC governance proposal and the Reform Support Programme were put forward. This note is updated on the basis of further available information.