Autumn traditionally marks the start of the “European semester”, aimed to create synergies between the economic and social policies of EU countries. Despite a few – timid – positive measures, the proposals put forward by the European Commission fail to fully leverage the potential of an ageing population.

The Semester is the EU’s powerful cycle for coordinating social and economic policies, as well as for implementing the after-COVID Recovery and Resilience Fund. Together with our members, we have analysed the European Semester process in 2023 from a national and EU-wide point of view. Our analysis looked at in how far the recommendations made for twelve EU Member States reflect the ambition to adapt public policies to the ageing of the EU population.

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