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Beyond growth: Pathways towards sustainable prosperity in the EU
From 15 to 17 May 2023 the European Parliament is hosting a conference on the topic 'Beyond Growth'. This study introduces participants and other stakeholders and interested parties to the debate on going beyond growth. Organised in two parts, the study first presents the status quo, with our reliance on economic growth as the main policy driver and gross domestic product (GDP) as a key economic measure, blind spots related to this reliance, and the need to address multiple system failures. It notes ...
The EU's next long-term budget [What Think Tanks are thinking]
European Union Member States and institutions are preparing to embark on negotiations on the EU's next long-term budget, or Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), that will cover five or seven years, starting in January 2021. The European Commission is considering strengthening the budget for new priority areas, such as defence, security and migration. At the same time, the new MFF will have to bridge the financing gap left by United Kingdom withdrawal from the Union. That could mean that EU funding ...
Cum a evoluat și s-a modificat bugetul UE în ultimii 10 ani?
De la intrarea în vigoare a perspectivelor financiare 2007-2013 cu un deceniu în urmă, bugetul UE a suferit schimbări notabile. În 2009 a intrat în vigoare Tratatul privind funcționarea Uniunii Europene (TFUE), convenit la Lisabona. Acest tratat a modificat considerabil prerogativele instituțiilor Uniunii Europene. Izbucnirea crizei financiare mondiale în 2008, urmată de criza care a afectat în mod special zona euro, a dus la o politică de austeritate în statele membre ale UE, punând, totodată, presiune ...
The UK 'rebate' on the EU budget: An explanation of the abatement and other correction mechanisms
The UK 'abatement', 'rebate' or 'correction' is the ad hoc mechanism that is applied to lower the UK's contribution to the EU budget, by reimbursing 66% of the country's budgetary imbalance (the difference between payments and receipts). In 2014, the rebate amounted to almost €6.1 billion, reducing the UK's national contribution by 35% – to €11.34 billion – leaving it the fourth largest national contribution. All Member States but the UK cover the costs of the rebate. Introduced in 1985, it has remained ...