The European Commission on Friday proposed limited changes to the bloc’s fiscal framework as policymakers respond to signs that eurozone growth is losing momentum. The move is aimed at giving national governments a bit more room to adjust spending and budgeting plans without abandoning the broader discipline built into EU rules.

According to the proposal, the adjustments are designed to make the system more flexible while keeping debt and deficit controls in place. Officials have framed the update as a practical response to a weaker economic backdrop rather than a wholesale rewrite of the bloc’s budget architecture.

The timing reflects growing concern about the pace of recovery across the eurozone, where slower activity has increased pressure on governments to support their economies. The Commission’s approach suggests an effort to balance fiscal caution with the need to avoid deepening the slowdown.

Any changes still need to move through the EU’s decision-making process before they can take effect. Member states are likely to weigh how much leeway they want in the short term against the long-standing goal of maintaining credibility in the bloc’s public-finance rules.