Involvement Of National Parliaments In SCP And The NRP - 2013
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIESECONOMIC GOVERNANCE SUPPORT UNIT (EGOV)IN-DEPTH ANALYSISInvolvement of the National Parliaments in SCP and NRP – 2013 and 2014In order to increase the transparency, ownership and accountability National Parliaments (NPs) should take part in the European Semester by beinginvolved in the preparation of Stability/Convergence Programmes (SCP) and National Reform Programmes (NRP). Each Member States' Stability orConvergence Programme shall include information on what national procedures it went through, in particular whether the programme was presentedto the national parliament and whether it has been approved by the parliament (Art. 3.4 of Regulation 1175/2011).The table overleaf provides information on the form of involvement of the national parliaments as specified in the text of the respective SCPs and theNRPs in 2013 and 2014. The following "colour coding" is used in the table:The 2013 SCP/NRP makes a reference to the involvement of the national parliament in the preparation of the programmeThe 2013 SCP/NRP does not make any reference to the involvement of the national parliament in the preparation of the programmeMember States subject to a Macroeconomic Adjustment Programme are not obliged to submit a full-fledged SCP/NRPDue to the elections, the national parliament did not have the chance to be involved in the preparation of the SCP/NRPSummary of the table: In 2013, 12 SCPs and 9 NRPs included information on the role of NPs. In 2014, 16 SCPs and 15 NRPs include information on the role of NPs.16 September 2014Author: Cécile Bourgault, contact: egov@ep.europa.euPE 497.743
2013Stability orConvergenceProgramme (SCP)National ReformProgramme (NRP)2014Supplementinginformation providedby representatives ofnational parliamentsto the EPStability orConvergenceProgramme (SCP)National ReformProgramme (NRP)BEThis programme wasapprovedbytheFederal GovernmentCouncil of Ministerson 26 April 2013, andwas discussed with theCommunitiesandRegions at the Interministerial Conferenceon finance and thebudget on the samedate. It was alsopresentedtotheFederal Parliament onthat same date.The National ReformProgrammewasdiscussed in the federalparliament.TheStabilityProgramme is based onthedecisionandconsultation of theConsultativeCommittee of 30 April2014.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.BGApprovedbythegovernment and isdiscussedbytheNationalAssembly.Due to the fact that thePresidentoftheRepublic of BulgariahasdissolvedtheNational Assembly andset the date forparliamentary electionsNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found. (Pleasenote that the NationalAssemblywasdissolved during theperiod the NRP had tobe updated)After the approval bytheCouncilofMinisters of the updateof the 2014 NationalReform Programme itwill be sent forinformation to theCommitteeonEuropean Affairs andOversightoftheEuropean Funds at theNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.PE 497.7432Supplementinginformation providedby representatives ofnational parliamentsto the EP
on 12 May 2013, theupdated SCP was nottabled for discussion inparliament.National Assembly.Croatia participated inthe 2013 EuropeanSemesteronavoluntary and informalbasis by submitting aneconomic programme.HRCZIn April, the documentwas presented anddiscussed with thesubstantively relevantcommittees of theChamber of Deputiesand the Senate.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.DKNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.Denmark’sNationalReformProgramme2013 has been sent to anumber of committeesintheDanishParliament prior toThe SCP was sent tothe European AffairsCommittee and theFinance Committee ofthe Folketing prior totheDanish3No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.The SCP has beenpresentedanddiscussedintheParliament in April.Prior to its approval bythe Government theNRP was debated inrelevant committees oftheChamberofDeputiesandtheSenate of the CzechParliament, as well asthe Working Team oftheCouncilofEconomic and SocialAgreement for EU.On 10 April 2014, ajoint consultation ofthe European AffairsCommittee and theFinance Committee ofthe Danish ParliamentOn 10 April 2014, ajoint consultation ofthe European AffairsCommittee and theFinance Committee ofthe Danish ParliamentCommission’sassessment (SCP andNPR)andtheCouncil’s statement onCroatia’sStabilityProgramme have beendebated at the jointsessionoftheEuropeanAffairsCommittee and theFinance Committee oftheCroatianParliament.PE 497.743
DEEEbeing forwarded to the Government’son Denmark’s NationalCommission.submission of the Reform Programme asdocument to the COM. wellastheConvergenceProgramme took place.on Denmark’s NationalReform Programme aswellastheConvergenceProgramme took place.TheFederalGovernment submitseach update of theGerman SCP and thecorresponding CouncilOpinion on the updatedGerman SCP to thecompetentexpertcommittees of theGerman Bundestag aswell as to the FinanceMinister Conference(Finanzministerkonferenz) and the StabilityCouncil (Stabilitätsrat).Immediately followingits adoption by theFederal Government,the NRP was presentedtotheGermanBundestagandBundesrat.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.PE 497.743In the development ofthe NRP, the Länderare contributing via thesectorialministersconferences to theFederal Government'sdraft of the NRP.After adoption by theFederal Governmentand transmission to theCOM, the Bundesratdeliberated on theCommission's draft toGermanys NRP andSCP and adopted anopinion on it (BR-Drs471/13 (B)).The Bundestag andBundesrat had theopportunitytodeliberate on both theCouncilRecommendation of 9July 2013 regardingGermany’s2013NationalReformProgramme as well asthe Council opinion onGermany’sStabilityProgramme for 20132017.The NRP 2014 wasadopted by the FederalCabinet on 8 April2014. Directly after theCabinet decision, theNRP was formallysubmittedtotheGerman Bundestag andthe Bundesrat.In the development ofthe NRP, the Länderare contributing via thesectorialministersconferences to theFederal Government'sdraft of the NRP.Since 2011, the EUAffairs Committee oftheEstonianParliamenthasdiscussed the SCPs andNRPs every Aprilbefore the Governmentpresents them to theCOM. The SCPs havealso been discussed inthe Budget Committee.Recommendations tothe Government areNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.TheFinanceCommittee discussedtheCommission'sopinion on Estonia’sbudgetary plan on 19thNovember 2013.4After adoption by theFederal Governmentand transmission to theCOM, the Bundesratdeliberated on theCommission's draft toGermanys NRP andSCP and adopted anopinion on it (BR-Drs249/13 (B)).
taken into account.IEProgramme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedSP.Programme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedNRP.SCPs and NRPs wereproduced each yearduring the bailoutprogrammeeventhough they weren'trequired. The NRP wasdiscussed in the JC EUAffairs and the SCP inJC Finance.ELProgramme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedSP.Programme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedNRP.ESNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of authorities and socialpartnershadanimportant role in thedevelopment of theProgramme.FRBylaw,the The Programme has The SCP has been Stability Programmes The draft NRP has The SP has beenProgramme has to be been sent to the discussedand are debated and voted been sent to the approvedbythedebated and voted in Assemblée Nationale approvedbythe on by Parliament by Assemblée Nationale Assemblée NationaleThe Cortes Generaleswere involved in theSCPs and NRPs in2013.ThePrimeMinisterpresentedboth texts before theplenaryoftheCongress of Deputiesin May 2013 and theMinister for Economyand Competitiveness,presented the NRP atCommittee level in theSenate in October2013.5It was published indraft form on 15 April2014 and discussed atthe Joint OireachtasCommittee on Finance,Public Expenditure andReform on the sameday.The Minister of Statefor European Affairsattended a dedicatedmeeting of the JointOireachtas Committeeon European UnionAffairs on 1 April todiscuss a draft of thisNRP with Committeemembers.Programme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedSP.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.PE 497.743
Parliament at least 2weeks before it is sentto the Commission.This occurred in theAssemblée Nationaleon April 23rd and inthe Senate on April24th.and the Senate on Assemblée NationaleApril 17th, before in April 2013.being sent to theCommission.virtue of Article 14 of and to the Senate on 23 on 29 April 2014.the 2011-2014 Public April 2014.Finance Planning Actof 28 December 2010.ITThe SCP, before theelections,waspresentedtotheParliament. However,it is not indicatedwhether the Parliamentwas involved in theupdated SCP after theelections.The NRP, before theelections,waspresentedtotheParliament. However,it is not indicatedwhether the Parliamentwas involved in theupdated NRP after theelections.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.CYProgramme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedSP.Programme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedNRP.Programme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedSP.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.LVThe SCP has beendiscussedandapprovedbytherespective committeesof the Saeima.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcouldbefound.However, it is statedthat issues related tothereformsimplementedwithinthe NRP are discussedon a regular basis byinvolvingThe SCP has beendiscussedandapprovedbytherespective committeesof the Saeima.The issues related tothe implementation ofthe NRP of Latvia andtheStabilityProgramme of Latviaare discussed on aregular basis at theSaeima.PE 497.743The Italian Chamber ofdeputies approved aresolutionontheUpdateoftheeconomic and financialdocument in October2013, which updatesthe SCP and the NRPsubmitted to the EUinstitutions in April,taking into account theCSRs of July 2013.6
representatives of theSaeima,socialpartners, NGOs andthe civil society.LTApprovedbyResolution No XII-51of the Seimas of theRepublic of Lithuaniaon 13 December 2012.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.LUNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.The NRP states thatthe government isensuring that reformsenactedintheframework of theprogramme are draftedfollowingextensiveconsultations.However, it does notspecify whether NRP2013 was debatedor/and approved by theparliament.HUNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.The SCP has beencoordinated with theSeimas of the Republicof Lithuania.A draft NRP 2014 wasdebated and approvedintheSeimasCommitteeonEuropean Affairs of 21March 2014.The draft programs arepresentedanddiscussedintheCommitteeonEconomic Affairs andCommitteeonFinances and Budget.The final programs(PNR,SCP)arediscussed in plenarytogetherwiththedeclaration on the"State of the Nation",usually held in April.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.TheupdatedConvergenceProgramme for 20132016 and the NationalReformProgrammewere presented anddiscussedbytheCommitteeonNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.7The SCP draft waspresentedtoanddiscussedbytheSeimas Committee onthe European Affairson April 11, 2014,prior to its submissionto the Government ofLithuania.PE 497.743
European Affairs ofthe Hungarian NationalAssembly (CEA) on 22April 2013.MTNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.NLNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.TheNRPwassubmittedtoparliament before itwas sent to theEuropean Commission.As a rule, a debate isarranged between theMinister of EconomicAffairs and parliamenton the NRP.A draft of the stabilityprogramme has beensubmitted to bothhouses of parliament.On15Aprilconsultation took placein the Upper Houseand a debate in theLower House on 23April.TheNRPwassubmittedtoparliament before itwas sent to theEuropean Commission.As a rule, a debate isarranged between theMinister of EconomicAffairs and parliamenton the NRP. Last yearthe National ReformProgramme and theStability Programmewere also discussed inthe Senate for the firsttime with the Ministersof Economic Affairsand Finance.ATTheSCPwastransmitted to theNationalrat, and to theregional and localauthorities(Finanzausgleichspartner).No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.The report of theAustrian Minister ofFinance on the UpdateoftheAustrianStability Programmefor the period from2012 to 2017 waspresentedtoParliament on 17 AprilThe National ReformProgramme 2013 waspresentedtotheAustrianNationalCouncil on 22 April2013 as a federalgovernment report fordeliberation. The EUSubcommittee,thePE 497.743The SCPs and theNRPs are transmittedto the National Councilat the same time orshortly after theirtransmission to theCOM. The NRP wasdebated in the BudgetCommittee and in the8
StandingEU- 2013 for considerationSubcommittee in June in the ensuing process.2013.On 8 May 2013, theparliamentary budgetcommittee discussed itin public session andthen adopted a report.Budget Committee andthe Plenary of theNationalCouncilnegotiated the NationalReform Programme ina public session andacknowledgedtheProgramme with amajority of votes.The European UnionAffairs Committee ofthe Sejm had a jointmeeting with PublicFinanceCommitteeandEconomicCommittee on 7 2013 National ReformProgramme as well asthe Council opinion onPoland’s2013ConvergenceProgramme.The Council Opinionon this Programme aswellasCouncilrecommendations onthe NRP of 2014 willbe discussed by thePolish Parliament.The programme statesthat the government ofPoland is trying toensurethattheParliament,representatives of thelocal self-governmentand the widest possiblescope of 9)However, it does notspecify whether NRP2014 was debatedor/and approved by theparliament.Programme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedSP.No reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.PLNo reference to theinvolvement of thenationalparliamentcould be found.The programme statesthat the government ofPoland is trying toensurethattheParliament,representatives of thelocal self-governmentand the widest possiblescope of stakeholdersfrom the areas ofeconomy, science andcivil society participatein the process of NRPupdate. However, itdoesnotspecifywhether NRP 2013was debated or/andapprovedbytheparliament.PTProgramme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedSP.Programme countriesare not required tosubmit a fully-fledgedNRP.RONo reference to the No reference to the The Committee on No reference to the The 2 committees for The Committee oninvolvement of the involvement of the European Affairs of involvement of the European Affairs of European Affairs ofnationalparliament nationalparliament the Romanian Senate nationalparliament theRomanian the Romanian Senate9The European UnionAffairs Committee ofthe Sejm had a jointmeeting with PublicFinanceCommitteeandEconomicCommittee on 5 2014 National ReformProgramme as well asthe Council opinion onPoland’s2014ConvergenceProgramme.PE 497.743
could be found.could be found.analysed the NRP could be found.during the Committeemeeting together withthe representative ofthe Romanian Ministryfor Foreign Affairs, thecoordinator on behalfoftheRomanianGovernment for theelaboration of theNRP.Parliament have beeninformed of the mainmeasures of the NRP.Thefinalversionshould be presented tothe Parliament after theEuropean elections.analysed the NRPduring the Committeemeeting together withthe representative ofthe Romanian Ministryfor Foreign Affairs, thecoordinator on behalfoftheRomanianGovernment for theelaboration of theNRP.The Standing BureauoftheRomanianSenatewasalsoinformed.The Committee onEuropean Affairs ofthe Romanian Senateanalysed the Councilrecommendationonthe NRP 2014 and theCouncil opinion on theConvergenceProgramme 2014.SIThe SCP and itsupdates and the draftopinion of the king bodies of theParliament of Slovenia.PE 497.743The draft documentwas considered at thesessionoftheEconomic and SocialCouncilandthefollowing committeesoftheNationalAssembly: CommitteeonFinanceandMonetary Policy, theCommittee on theEconomy, CommitteeNo reference to theinvolvement of theNationalParliamentcould be found.10The draft NRP wasthen considered by thefollowing committeesoftheSlovenianNationalAssembly:the Committee on theEconomy,theCommittee on Labour,Family, Social Policyand Disability, theCommittee on EUAffairsandthe
on Education, Science,Sport and Youth, theCommittee on Labour,Family, Social Policyand Disability and theCommittee on EUAffairs.Committee on Financeand Monetary rliament.oncetheistheThe programme statesthat the NRP isdiscussedbytheEconomic and SocialCouncil, as well as bythe European AffairsCommittee and theFinance, Budget andCurrency Committeeof the National CounciloftheSlovakRepublic. However, itdoesnotspecifywhether the NationalCouncil is involved inthe preparation of theNRP before it l Council ofSlovak Republic.The NRP is usuallydiscussedbytheEconomic and SocialCouncil, as well as bythe European AffairsCommittee and theFinance, Budget andCurrency Committeeof the National CounciloftheSlovakRepublic.FIThe content of theStability Programmehas been presented inwriting and orally tothe Grand Committeeof Parliament.The national Europe2020programme(NRP) is presented andhanded over to theparliamentary GrandCommittee before it isdeliveredtotheCommission.TheStabilityProgramme has beenpresented in writingand orally to the ment and theCouncil’s statement onFinland’sStabilityThe National Europe2020 Programme hasbeen submitted toParliament.11PE 497.743
Programme have alsobeen submitted toParliament.SETheRiksdag’sStanding CommitteeonFinancewasinformed about theconvergenceprogramme on 18April 2013.TheRiksdag’sStanding Committeeon Finance has beeninformed about theNRP.UKTheHouseofCommons debated theUK’s2013ConvergenceProgramme on 22April 2013. The Houseof Lords debated theUK’s2013ConvergenceProgramme on 25April 2013.No reference to theinvolvement of authorities had animportant role in thedevelopment of theProgramme.The UK Parliament isnot involved in thepreparation of theNRP, but it doesscrutinise the draftCouncilrecommendations onthe NRP and theCommissionCommunication on theCSRs.A House of CommonsEuropean Committeed
National Reform Programme as well as the Council opinion on Germany’s Stability Programme for 2013-2017. The NRP 2014 was adopted by the Federal Cabinet on 8 April 2014. Directly after the Cabinet decision, the NRP was formally submitted to the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat. In the development of the NRP, the Länder
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