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[PIO] The House of Representatives will host an official seminar on economic governance of the European Union (EU)

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The House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the Economic Governance and Economic and Monetary Union (EGOV) Control Unit of the European Parliament (EP) are co-organising a service seminar, on 8 and 9 June 2023, at the Parliament, with the participation of participants from 20 national parliaments of EU Member States and the EP.

The seminar aims to build capacity and exchange best practices and expertise at administrative level on European Semester issues, as well as broader EU economic governance issues. Opening addresses will be given by the Director General of the Parliament, Ms Tasoula Ieronymidou, and the Head of the EGOV Unit of the EP, Mr Kajus Hagelstam. The first session will focus on the current challenges and progress achieved in the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans, in the light of the integration of the REPowerEU Plan, with keynote speakers, Ms Yasemin Canbay from the General Secretariat for Recovery and Mr David Lopes, Director of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) (via webcast), Mr. Mr Juan Ignacio Gonzales Bastero, Director of the European Court of Auditors (via internet) and Ms Anthoula Charalambous-Savvidis, Director of the Directorate for Recovery and Resilience, DG Development, Ministry of Finance.

Representatives of the Portuguese Parliament, the Italian House of Representatives and the Federal Parliament of Germany will present the best parliamentary practices of their countries regarding the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans.

The second thematic session will focus on the multiple economic impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent national and European responses, with keynote speakers Mr. The third thematic session will address the legislative proposals of the European Commission regarding the ongoing reform of the EU's economic governance framework, with the keynote speaker Mr. Gilles Mourre, Head of the Fiscal Policy and Supervision Unit of the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (via internet).

The third thematic session will address the legislative proposals of the European Commission regarding the ongoing reform of the EU's economic governance framework, with Mr. Gilles Mourre, Head of the Fiscal Policy and Supervision Unit of the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (via internet). Also, the role of independent fiscal authorities in the context of EU economic governance, in particular in supporting parliamentary scrutiny and strengthening national ownership of fiscal rules, will be examined, with speakers Mr Michael Persianis, President of the Cyprus Fiscal Council, and Dr Roel Beetsam, Member of the European Fiscal Council (via internet). Finally, the estimated impact of the reform of the EU economic governance framework on the national parliaments of EU Member States and the EP will be discussed.

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