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A tension between (richer) contributing Member States and (poorer) recipient Member States has always characterized the history of the budget of the European Union, the politics of which has often turned fraught. Alongside traditional tensions, newer ones have emerged, including the effect of EU enlargement in 2004-7, which has increased demand on spending, and the effect of the post-2008 economic crises, which has likewise increased demand for spending though faced by conflicting demands for austerity. Finally, the Lisbon Treaty reinforces the power to block agreement on reform to the budget. With the EU due to announce a new budget in 2013, this volume evaluates the prospects for major change to expenditure and the structure of the budget for the period starting in 2014
'This is one of the best books yet written on the EU budget. Combining historical analysis, the role of the governments and the EU institutions in budgetary bargaining, and reform potential of the main spending priorities, the book covers all the key contemporary issues on this topic. As the EU heads towards the negotiation of the next multiannual financial framework this book will be a valuable resource for EU scholars as well as policy-makers' Simon Hix, Professor of European and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics 'This timely book provides important insights into the difficulties facing EU leaders as they negotiate a new budgetary framework for the EU. I really like the way the thought-provoking contributions identify clearly the problems faced, and lay down a challenge by presenting EU policy-makers with workable solutions.' Professor Robert Ackrill, Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Studies, Nottingham Business School 'An extremely timely contribution to the budgetary debate that has been near the centre of EU politics for more than 25 years, this book offers a well-informed view of where that debate may go next' -Michael Shackleton, Special Professor in European Institutions, University of Maastricht, and former European Parliament official
| List of Figures | p. viii |
| List of Tables | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. x |
| Preface | p. xii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiv |
| Notes on Contributors | p. xv |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xviii |
| Introduction: A History of the European Union Budget and the Possibilities for Reform | p. 1 |
| History of the budget | p. 4 |
| Thinking on budgetary reform | p. 8 |
| Structure of the volume | p. 15 |
| The Politics of Budget Reform | |
| Negotiations of the European Union Budget: How Decision Processes Constrain Policy Ambitions | p. 23 |
| Checks and balances | p. 24 |
| European Union public spending - on what? | p. 28 |
| The rules of the game | p. 34 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 36 |
| Budget Reform and the Lisbon Treaty | p. 40 |
| Decision-making in the European Union | p. 42 |
| Changing financial powers under the Lisbon Treaty | p. 43 |
| Discussion and concluding remarks | p. 55 |
| European Growth Policies in Times of Change: Budget Reform, Economic Crisis and Policy Entrepreneurship | p. 59 |
| Shaping the European Union budget for growth policies in times of crisis | p. 59 |
| Policy entrepreneurship in times of economic crisis | p. 63 |
| European growth policies in times of crisis at European Union and national levels | p. 66 |
| Policy entrepreneurship and strategic choices | p. 75 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 76 |
| The Lisbon Treaty, the Financial Crisis and Exit from Budget Gridlock | p. 79 |
| Budget deadlock and the Lisbon Treaty | p. 81 |
| A way out of the budget deadlock based on the Lisbon Treaty | p. 85 |
| The financial crisis and the European Union budget | p. 88 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 95 |
| Public Spending and Budget Reform | |
| Reform of the European Union Budget: Implications for the Common Agricultural Policy | p. 103 |
| How much? On what? | p. 104 |
| Why? What is the Common Agricultural Policy for? | p. 109 |
| The Lisbon Treaty, CAP reform and the budget post-2013 | p. 112 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 119 |
| Challenges for the Future of the Structural Funds | p. 122 |
| Cohesion and the size of the budget | p. 125 |
| Cohesion Policy, 1988-2006 | p. 129 |
| Cohesion Policy, 2007-13: challenges and shortcomings | p. 133 |
| Recommendations for the Multiannual Financial Framework, 2014-20 | p. 142 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 147 |
| Foreign and Security Policy in Austerity Europe: Budgetary Aspects of the Development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy | p. 151 |
| The evolution of the European Union as an international actor | p. 154 |
| The impact of the budget review | p. 156 |
| Developing the Common Security and Defence Policy | p. 163 |
| National security and defence policy cooperation | p. 165 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 168 |
| Conclusion: Budget Policy, Past Experience and the Future | p. 171 |
| Policy implications for the Multiannual Financial Framework | p. 172 |
| Review and previous experience of budgetary agreements | p. 177 |
| Future reform | p. 186 |
| Possible consequences of the reform | p. 189 |
| Bibliography | p. 193 |
| Index | p. 207 |
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ISBN: 9781137004970
ISBN-10: 1137004975
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 240
Published: 13th November 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14.1
x 1.2
Weight (kg): 0.45
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