Assessment of the potential influence of the measures and reforms included in the RRPs, EU Member States, 2023

Three years after the adoption of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), this report reviews the quality of the social partners’ involvement in 2023 in the ongoing implementation of reforms and investments funded by that initiative. It also examines the quality of their involvement in the preparation of the 2023 national reform programmes (NRPs) as part of the European Semester.

The RRF Regulation requires the social partners to be consulted in the preparation and implementation of the RRF reform and investment plans. In addition, the European Commission has advocated their involvement in the preparation of the NRPs as part of the European Semester. This report finds that the quality of their involvement in both processes continues to be uneven across countries and depends on several factors.