Commission for Economic Policy
From a socialist and progressive perspective, the ECON Commission for Economic Policy is particularly politically sensitive, as it relates notably to economic governance, public investment, competition policy and public services, the governance aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as trade policy, including the follow-up to negotiations with the United Kingdom.
The ECON commission mirrors several parliamentary committees in the European Parliament, among which ECON, IMCO, INTA and ITRE. ECON also interacts with different Directorates general (DG) of the European Commission, among which: the DGs for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW), for Defence Matters (DEF), for Competition Policy (COMP), for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA), for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), for Trade (TRADE), for Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO), and for Structural Reform Support (REFORM).
The remits of the Commission for Economic Policy cover the following fields:
- Single Market and the Digital Single Market
- Public procurement and competition
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Investment
- SMEs, entrepreneurship and industry
- LRAs in Economic Governance
- Economic and Monetary Union
- Trade and globalisation
