Latest announcements

The EU IFIs Network congratulates Commissioner Dombrovskis for his recent appointment as EU Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification.

Lilia Cavallari, Chair of the Parliamentary Budget Office, was appointed as the new chair of the Network of EU Independent Fiscal Institutions.

The Network also welcomes the Federal Planning Bureau and the High Council of Finances from Belgium as new members

The Network of EU IFIs nominates new leadership

June 2020 update of the European Fiscal Monitor on the fiscal measures adopted in response to Covid-19

March 2020 update of the European Fiscal Monitor on the fiscal measures adopted in response to Covid-19

Network Secretariat is on the move to Brussels

The Network now has members from all but two EU member states. The Czech independent fiscal council was created to contribute to the sustainability of public finances in the Czech Republic, and to prevent the risk of excessive debt accumulation.

cts Finnish Economic Policy Council (EPC) is an independent fiscal institution that was established in 2014. The members of the Council are economics and social science professors appointed based on proposals made by the economics departments of Finnish universities and the Academy of Finland. The EPC publishes an annual report and presents its opinion in parliamentary hearings. To support its work, the council has permanent secretariat and funds to commission research proje.The

The Commission on Fiscal Policy based in the Croatian parliament is the latest EU-based national fiscal oversight body to join the Network of EU IFIs.

The Network of EU Independent Fiscal Institutions (IFIs) is pleased to announce the launch of a new regular publication on the state of budgetary affairs in EU member states.

In a meeting in Madrid today, member institutions of the Network of EU Independent Fiscal Institutions have re-appointed José Luis Escrivá, Chair of the Spanish Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility, to serve as the Chair for another two-year term starting in November 2017.

We are delighted to announce that the newly established Fiscal Council of Slovenia is joining the Network of EU Independent Fiscal Institutions.

The Fiscal Council provides independent monitoring and analysis of the budgetary framework in order to maintain sustainable public finances and improve the quality of official macroeconomic and budgetary projections in Bulgaria.

One of the main agreements reached by the Network of EU Independent Fiscal Institutions (IFIs) in their Paris meeting on 2 November has been the creation of a working group to analyze medium-term budgetary frameworks.

The Network of EU IFIs welcomes recent steps made by the Commission to make the European Fiscal Board (EFB) operative. The Chairman, Niels Thygesen, and the additional four members were appointed yesterday and are expected to start working soon.

We are pleased to announce that the newly established Hellenic Fiscal Council joined the Network of EUIFIs. On 30 March 2016 Panagiotis Korliras, the chairman of the council, officially joined the Agreement of EU Independent Fiscal Institutions establishing the Network.