The Provision of External Expertise in the Field of Monetary and Financial Affairs (Monetary Expert Panel)

Members of the Macroeconomics Department are part of the European Parliament's Monetary Policy Experts Panel. Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the ECB is accountable to the European Parliament. Quarterly meetings between the President of the ECB and the European Parliament's ECON Committee are known as the Monetary Dialogue.

As part of this dialogue, we provide the European Parliament with advice on monetary and economic policy issues. In particular, we prepare briefing papers on topical issues of monetary policy in the euro area in order to prepare the European Parliament for regular discussions with the European Central Bank (ECB). The main results are presented at a preparatory meeting in Brussels two days before the Monetary Dialogue takes place.