Source: European Parliament
On 31 March 2025, the Members of the ECON Committee will hold an exchange of views with Commissioner Dombrovskis on the activation of the national escape clause for defence expenditure as proposed by the Commission on 19 March 2025 in its Communication on Accommodating increased defence expenditure within the Stability and Growth Pact.
Members are expected to raise questions on the conditions for the application of flexibility for increased national defence expenditure as well as on the overall implications for the implementation of the revamped economic governance framework.