Bruselas descarta dar más flexibilidad fiscal a los países por la crisis energética
El comisario de Economía, Valdis Dombrovskis, rechaza la petición de Grecia e Italia al entender que Bruselas descarta dar más flexibilidad fiscal a los países por la crisis energética al entender que ue minaría la credibilidad de las reglas de gasto y asegura que la sostenibilidad fiscal es un activo vital. Leer
The European Commission's Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Valdis Dombrovskis, has rejected Greece and Italy's request for more fiscal flexibility during the energy crisis. Dombrovskis maintains that broadening the scope of fiscal flexibility could undermine the credibility of the EU's fiscal rules and the collective determination to uphold them.
He emphasizes that there are no more advantages to distribute, and any additional flexibility could sow doubt about the commitment to a rule-based fiscal framework. The European Commission has already enabled countries to allocate up to 0.3 percentage points of GDP to measures that reduce dependency on fossil fuels through the fiscal safeguard clause.
Despite acknowledging the need to discuss this issue further, Dombrovskis emphasizes that the current framework already provides automatic flexibility in response to economic slowdowns and higher interest costs, thus negating the need for additional fiscal compensation.
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