EU Membership and Budget Allocation Conditionality
EU Membership and Budget Allocation Conditionality
Author(s): Willem MOLLESubject(s): National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Centrum Europejskie Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: European Union; Fundamental Values; Conditionality; Budget Allocation; Structural Funds; Legal Instruments;
Summary/Abstract: The world is shaken by many new developments. In this turbulence, the EU should provide an area of stability and security. It can only be so in case its internal cohesion is strengthened. The EU is a community based on values. Members have committed themselves to respect European values. But in case of a breach of the contract the Union has only two means to enforce respect for its values. Some have a legal character, others a financial one. The legal method is not very effective in this respect. Thispaper deals with the fi nancial method. It argues that the conditionality ofthe budget needs to be increased; non-respect of values by Member Statesshould entail loss of allocations. The recent proposals of the European Commission in this matter fall short of this.
Journal: Studia Europejskie
- Issue Year: 22/2018
- Issue No: 4 (88)
- Page Range: 167-182
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English