Financing the EU Budget

Financing the EU Budget

Moving Forward or Backwards?

Cipriani, Gabriele

Rowman & Littlefield International

11/2014

112

Mole

Inglês

9781783483303

15 a 20 dias

Gabriele Cipriani presents a historical overview of the EU revenue system, the context for revenue-raising arrangements and the concept of the EU's "own resources." He assesses the current system against issues of simplicity, transparency, equity, and democratic accountability and outlines two possible options for reforming the EU revenue system.
Preface 1. The EU budget revenue system EU revenue: A short history What do 'own resources' actually mean? To each its own The price of unanimity Who pays how much? Concluding remarks 2. Simplicity, transparency, equity and democratic accountability Four good reasons for change The drawbacks of the 2011 Commission's proposals New VAT-based resource Financial transaction tax Correction mechanism Reducing the burden on national budgets? Two categories of revenue sources for the EU budget Back to the past Making an EU resource visible to citizens Concluding remarks 3. EU expenditure: The other side of the same coin The legitimacy of EU revenue How much money for the EU budget? Concluding remarks References
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