2026 European Semester – Spring Package - Related links

European Commission

• 2026 European Semester: Spring package (European Commission, June 2026) 
• Economic forecasts - European Commission (European Commission, May 2026)
• Guidelines for Member States on operational aspects related to the final phase and closure of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (European Commission, April 2026) 
• Commission work programme 2026 (European Commission, October 2025)

European Council and Council of the European Union

• European Semester in 2026 (European Council and Council of the European Union, March 2026)
• European Council Conclusions (European Council and Council of the European Union, March 2026)
• Tackling the skills shortage: Council adopts recommendation on human capital - Consilium (European Council and Council of the European Union, March 2026)

European Parliament

• Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission (EP BUDG-ECON, February 2026)
• Economic Dialogue with the President of the ECOFIN (EP, EGOV February 2026) 

Committee of the Regions

• Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on European Competitiveness Fund (CoR, March 2026)
• Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) post 2027, including own resources package (CoR, March 2026)
• Annual impact report 2025 (CoR, May 2026)

European Court of Auditors

• EU budget 2028-2034: The ECA’s view: Many changes may not make it better (CoA, May 2026)
• Special report 14/2026: RRF traceability and transparency – Gaps remain regarding the traceability and transparency of RRF funds (CoA, May 2026)  

Think tanks and other organisations

• Dublin declaration – BusinessEurope’s Council of Presidents (BusinessEurope, May 2026) 
• European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) – a BusinessEurope position paper (BusinessEurope, March 2026)
• BusinessEurope Reform Barometer 2026 – 18 months after Draghi: from diagnosis to delivery (BusinessEurope, March 2026) 
• National plans, regional voices: cohesion policy in the next European Union budget (Bruegel, March 2026) 
• Navigating the European Commission’s MFF Proposal for 2028-2034 (CEPS, March 2026) 
• Europe’s skills system needs the social partners: new joint report and recommendations on skills mismatches (ETUC, March 2026)
• ETUC Macroeconomic Outlook - March 2026 Update (ETUC, March 2026)