reasonably expecting the promisee to act or to forbear based on the promise, a promissory estoppel claim also requires a promisee to rely on the promise. See Hinchey, 144 F.3d at 143. In this case, it is clear that the Neuhoffs relied on Marvin's promise, and they did so to their detriment. The record shows, for example, that as a result of Muirhead's promise to replace some of the windows immediately and the others at a later time, the Neuhoffs only obtained contractors to bid on replacing the first batch of windows. But for Muirhead's promise to replace the remaining windows at a later date, the Neuhoffs might have obtained a bid for the entire project. The Neuhoffs may have suffered economic damages because replacing the windows inin explaining and debating the change with your constituents.

This is why the Commission is committed to stepping up dialogue with national parliaments on Annual Growth Surveys and Country-Specific Recommendations. The dialogue on the AGS is of particular importance since it guarantees NPs' ownership at the start of the cycle. It would provide an opportunity for national parliaments to feed in their views (through MS, or directly via the political dialogue with the Commission) in view of the Spring European Council. An enhanced ownership from the outset would also encourage national parliaments to get more involved at the national level before adoption of the National Reform Programmes and Stability and Convergence Programmes.

Direct contacts between the Commission and National Parliaments could intensify after the Country Specific Recommendations are adopted, to