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Views on the Commission’s Draft EU Budget: Excessively ambitious or overly timid? EPIN Working Paper No. 32, January 2012

Mijs, Arnout and Schout, Adriaan (2012) Views on the Commission’s Draft EU Budget: Excessively ambitious or overly timid? EPIN Working Paper No. 32, January 2012. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the post-2013 period is one of the most sensitive topics presently under discussion in the European Union. Budget negotiations are always complex and divisive for the parties concerned, but an additional factor in the current round is the impact of the euro crisis, which is evident throughout the process. The reactions to the European Commission’s proposal are mixed, with some finding it excessively ambitious and others finding it lacking in reform. This paper analyses the Commission proposal on the MFF and its reception by the member states. It argues that the Commission has put forward a well balanced proposal, which leaves enough room for reform. In the end, however, the outcome of the negotiations will strongly depend on the member states.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > budgets & financing
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > EMU/EMS/euro
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > financial crisis 2008-on/reforms/economic governance
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > EPIN Working Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 16 Feb 2012 15:48
    Number of Pages: 15
    Last Modified: 16 Feb 2012 15:48
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/33558

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