The EU Semester Alliance’s national alliances publish their findings

• A briefing on Europe 2020 and the European Semester – what it is, why it matters and how to influence it
• A submission on Mid Term Review of Europe 2020 to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs. It includes a range of proposals for improving delivery of the social and environmental commitments of the strategy
• An analysis of EU Recommendations for Ireland:  At the end of May the EU issued seven Recommendations for Ireland covering a range of policy areas Ireland needs to address over the coming year. While dominated by economic priorities they also contain potential positives. The Better Europe Alliance – Irish Civil Society Organisations for a Social and Sustainable Europe, including EAPN Ireland, has carried out and published an analysis of these Recommendations
• A report of a hearing in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy at which the Alliance spoke

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