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Chaired by Elena Calistru, President of the ECO Section, EESC

10:30 | Welcome and introduction

Welcome:

  • Elena Calistru, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), EESC
  • Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, President of the European Semester Group (ESG) and rapporteur of the EESC opinion “2026 European Semester – Spring Package”, EESC
  • Philip von Brockdorff, co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion “2026 European Semester – Spring Package”, EESC

10:45 | Panel debate

From Recommendations to Results: Is administrative capacity becoming the missing link in the European Semester?

  • Mina Shoylekova and Lucia Fontanelli, Governance and Public Administration, SG REFORM, European Commission
  • Johannes Gerken, research associate (postdoc) at the chair for Multilevel Governance in Europe at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany
  • Marco Lopriore, expert,  European Institute of Public Administration  (EIPA)

Q&A and debate

12:00 | Closing remarks

  • Elena Calistru, President of the ECO Section, EESC
  • Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, President of the ESG and rapporteur of the EESC opinion “2026 European Semester – Spring Package”, EESC
  • Philip von Brockdorff, co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion “2026 European Semester – Spring Package”, EESC

12:15 | End of the debate

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