Enhanced Surveillance Report

Abstract

Greece successfully completed its European Stability Mechanism (ESM) stability support programme on 20 August 2018.Following the end of that programme, Greece has been integrated into the regular economic surveillance framework for euro-area Member States under the European Semester for economic policy co-ordination. In order to cater for the specific needs and challenges of Greece, the Commission has activated enhanced surveillance for Greece under Regulation (EU) No 472/20131, effective as from 21 August 2018.2That decisionacknowledges the fact that over the medium term, Greece needs to continue adoptingmeasures to address the sources or potential sources of economic and financial difficulties, while implementing structural reforms to support a robust and sustainable economic growth.