On Tuesday 25 October, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) did not succeed in convincing the Commission to include a point that would guarantee a minimum level of local public investment in its specific recommendations as part of the European semester budgetary process. The CEMR’s discussions took place with the cabinets of European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici, and Vice President for Social Dialogue and the Euro Valdis...