The constitutional boundaries of European fiscal federalism -- The Maastricht architecture of European fiscal federalism -- The failure and abrogation of the Maastricht model -- Constitutional criteria for EU fiscal federalism -- The emergent centralised architecture of European fiscal...

The leaders of European Union member states have declared that a European constitution should take "a clear, open, effective, democratically controlled Community approach." Their goal that within the Union, "European institutions should be brought closer to its citizens" raises many questions...