The search for compromises between political groups in the European Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee (ECON) turned into a tug-of-war on Monday 17 February during a discussion on the socioeconomic policies that Member States are being asked to pursue in 2020 as part of the ‘European Semester’ budget process.
This seemingly innocuous discussion on “a text that is not even worth the ink with which it is written”, in the words of Philippe Lamberts (Greens/EFA, Belgium),...