The existing EU system of own resources financing EU expenditures does not make any positive contribution to the various EU strategies and policies implemented to cope with the manifold long-term challenges confronting the EU. It is against this background that the European Commission as well as...

The European debt crisis triggered a debate on the lacking components of the EU and EMU integration architecture. Many believe that a common currency requires closer fiscal and political integration as a condition for its survival. This opinion is not necessarily supported by the experience of...

Die deutsche Nettoposition ist im Jahr 2022 leicht gegenüber dem Vorjahr zurückgegangen, von 21,4 Milliarden Euro auf 19,7 Milliarden Euro. Sie liegt damit aber immer noch deutlich höher als in der Vor-Brexit-Zeit. Im Durchschnitt der Jahre 2014 bis 2020, dem letzten Mehrjährigen...

Die Europäische Union finanziert ihren Haushalt zum größten Teil aus Beiträgen der Mitgliedstaaten. Da über die Ausgaben des EU-Haushalts wiederum umfangreiche Zahlungen in den Mitgliedstaaten getätigt werden, ergeben sich für die einzelnen Länder Nettopositionen gegenüber dem...

Für den EU-Haushalt werden in diesem Report durch eine Gegenüberstellung der Zahlungen der Mitgliedstaaten und den Rückflüssen aus dem EU-Haushalt die Nettopositionen bestimmt. Die deutsche Nettoposition ist im Jahr 2023 leicht gegenüber dem Vorjahr zurückgegangen, von 19,7 Milliarden Euro...

We examine the determinants of the EU budget expenditures allocation among different countries. In line with earlier literature, we consider two alternative explanations for the EU budget distribution: political power vs. needs view. Extending the original data set from Kauppi and Widgrén...

Studies on EU enlargement mostly focus on its welfare-economic and much less so on its public-choice dimension. Yet, the latter may be as important as the former when it comes to sustain integration. This paper aims at filling the gap by exploring theoretically and empirically how enlargement of...

Studies on EU enlargement mostly focus on its welfare-economic and much less so on its public-choice dimension. Yet, the latter may be as important as the former when it comes to sustain integration. This paper aims at filling the gap by exploring theoretically and empirically how enlargement of...

Studies on EU enlargement mostly focus on its welfare-economic and much less so on its public-choice dimension. Yet, the latter may be as important as the former when it comes to sustain integration. This paper aims at filling the gap by exploring theoretically and empirically how enlargement of...

This policy note presents an assessment of the EU budgetary package for 2021-2027, including the European Union Recovery Instrument 'Next Generation EU' (EURI-NGEU), with an introduction to the EU decision-making process and the state of play of the relevant legislation as well as an annexed...