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Otwarcie debaty na temat przyszłości finansów UE
Launching the debate on the future of EU finances

Author(s): Zofia Szpringer, Justyna Łacny
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Law on Economics, EU-Legislation
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: reform; finance; budget; EU

Summary/Abstract: The assesseddocument launches the debate on the future of EU finances. It is the last (5th) document concerning the issues raised in the White Paper on the Future of Europe[COM(2017)2025]. The authors evaluate the prior document rather positively due to challengespresented in it by the Commission and the five scenarios concerning the futureof the Union and the reform of EU policies. An analysis of these scenarios indicates thatthe scenario no. 3 “Some do more” and the scenario no. 5 “Doing much more together”do not seem realistic, because the scenario no. 3 would lead to weakening of the EU andincrease of bureaucracy, while Member States are not yet for ready for the scenario no. 5.With regard to Poland, the scenarios no. 2 “Doing less together” and no. 4 “Radical redesign”could be beneficial, but the advantages of the scenario no. 1 “Carrying on” shouldalso be noticed.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 63-78
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish