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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established in 2015 as a compass for global action under the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. There are 17 goals on a variety of topics, with SDG7 dedicated to energy. The annual UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) will discuss progress on the goals on 10 19 July 2023, with energy as one of the five goals chosen this year for an in-depth review. The European Union has taken steps to link the SDGs with its policymaking. The von ...

Die vollständige Studie untersucht die Verfolgung der Wirksamkeit und Wirkung der Sozialausgaben aus dem EU-Haushalt. In den letzten zehn Jahren hat sich eine Verlagerung hin zur leistungsorientierten Haushaltsplanung vollzogen, wobei der Schwerpunkt stärker auf Outputs und Ergebnisse der Ausgabenprogramme gelegt wurde. Trotz dieser Änderungen ist es nach wie vor schwierig, festzustellen, ob politische Maßnahmen ihre Ziele erreichen und zur Verwirklichung der europäischen Säule sozialer Rechte beitragen ...

The European Parliament will discuss the European Central Bank (ECB) annual report for 2021 during its February plenary session, in the presence of the Banks' President, Christine Lagarde. The ECB's annual report describes the tasks and activities of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), reports on its monetary policy and thus provides an important pillar of the ECB's accountability to the European Parliament. Following the debate, Parliament will vote a resolution on the basis of an own-initiative ...

The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) held a public hearing on 23 January 2023, with the aim to analyse whether the delays with cohesion partnership agreements have affected the level of monitoring and controls of the spending in Member States. The topic of this public hearing was broad and encompassed concepts of two policy areas/instruments that are both unique and very complex in themselves. This briefing provided background information about key concepts and elements (including monitoring ...

This paper points to new multifaceted and often interconnected sources of risks (including high-impact tail risks) and the challenges posed to supervisory actions. It also makes the important case that traditional risk management tools might face limitations in the current situation. We discuss both geopolitical and related risks as well as other risks in the context of rising interest rates and a volatile macroeconomic environment. The challenge for banks will be to be prepared for such extreme ...

The following policy recommendations supplement the Background Analysis that was prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT committee) on the “Implementation of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive – Background Analysis of the main aspects of the 2018 AVMSD revision” . In view of the integration of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Directive 2010/13/EU; AVMSD) by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 in the national legislative frameworks by transposition ...

This briefing provides an overview of the European Parliament’s concerns as expressed in its 29 July 2022 Resolution, as regards implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. It does so by providing two tables - one matching the Parliament’s resolution and the Commission’s article 16 Review Report and a second one pointing to public information available addressing such concerns.

Since its adoption, EU legislation on blood, tissues and cells has ensured an upward convergence in the quality and safety of these substances from donation to human application. Following an evaluation of the legislation, shortcomings have become apparent, primarily in light of scientific and technical developments in this area. Socio-demographic trends and new epidemiological risks have further consolidated the view that certain provisions of this legislation need to better reflect the current ...

At the request of the CONT Committee of the European Parliament, this study has been prepared as background information for work on the legislative Own Initiative Report on the digitalisation of European reporting, monitoring and audit. Building on the findings of the study on ‘The largest 50 beneficiaries in each EU Member State of CAP and Cohesion Funds’, this study assesses the requirements for a single EU database of beneficiaries. Such a database would overcome the current fragmentation in ...

This briefing gives an update on and summarises recent events and developments in the Banking Union, based on publicly available information. It gives an overview of: 1) the Eurogroup agreement on the backstop to the Single Resolution Fund; 2) the 7th monitoring report on risk reduction indicators; 3) recent European Central Bank publications, namely the Financial Stability Review and guidance on climate- related and environmental risks; 4) recent Single Resolution Board publications, specifically ...