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Concluding SummaryWhile the European Union has recently undergone a historic enlargement to 25 MemberStates and further enlargements are yet to take place (Romania and Bulgaria from 2007), thenegotiation of the forthcoming budgetary perspectives for 2007-2013 shall no doubtrepresent a crucial stage in the future of European construction.1. The European budget, together with the common policies financed by it, has a profoundlyintegrative function. The MacDougall report of the 1970s foresaw the parallel integration ofpublic finances with market integration and monetary union. It proposed the entire allocationof the defense function to Europe. This was to lead to an approximate European budget of2% of the European Union’s GDP. The report also proceeded to envisage an evolutiontowards a “pre-federal” stage where the European budget would total up to 5 to 7% of itsGDP.Such an evolution seems hardly possible today. Despite monetary union, this evolution hasbarely seen any development. The European budget represents a mere 1% of the Union’sGross national income (GNI). Moreover, six of the most important “net contributors” to theEuropean budget (United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden)are going into the negotiations of the forthcoming financial perspectives with the demand thatthis limit not be exceeded in the future.The European budget is characterized by a form of inertia linked to the sedimentation ofcommon policies put into place since the 1950s, to such an extent that the Sapir reportreferred to it as a “historical relic”. Today, there exists a great risk that a weak Europeanbudget would lead to the renationalization of common policies so painstakingly constructedthrough time. Furthermore, a weak budget would not offer the necessary means tostrengthen policies with real “added value” to European action. The dynamics of Europeanconstruction would then be shattered.Still, the European Union is confronted – through its Eastern enlargement – to anunprecedented challenge of solidarity. The extension of the Union’s agricultural policy and itsregional policy to new Member States shall put considerable strain on its budget while the6
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superficially and quickly. Furtherm
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governments to apply themselves the
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Le Cacheux, Jacques (dir.) (1996),
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The 1987 Single European Act introd
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and the introduction of tolls in mo
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political stability and to the fina
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patterns of the economy is essentia
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Portugal continues to have very low
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funds to training for civil servant
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Regional and Cohesion Policy After
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The aim of the ESF is to promote em
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2001 the GDP per capita (in terms o
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Lithuania, it amounts to 40-44% of
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concerns certain Spanish, Greek and
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GNP is less than 90% of the Communi
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eligibility for an aid will be regi
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Towards a European Budget Dedicated
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In spite of the various obstacles t
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- A budgetary building should be in
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The A2 line aims at the opening of
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- The existence of adequate disposi
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the adoption, the enforcement and t
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The Council not having the capacity
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Part ThreeEuropean Budget and Polit
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Community will require a framework
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provides for the efficient counter-
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Graph 3. Euroland Output Gaps and E
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the overall stability of the aggreg
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4. Integrating European and Nationa
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4.3. Harmonizing European Preferenc
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MacDougall Report (1977), EC Commis
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1.1.1. The advantages of the curren
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- Finally, the computing modalities
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money, by the tax. The tax was alwa
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eceives in return. This type of cal
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2.1.2. The evoked oppositions• Bu
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2.2. Possible OpeningsIn spite of a
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It is also necessary to reassure:-
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• Evaluation testTwo ways seem to
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Part FourThree Alternative Scenario
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- a “competitiveness-solidarity
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1.2. Analysis of Net BalancesAccord
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2. “Competitiveness-Solidarity”
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improvement in their situation; Spa
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order programs (objective 3). The k
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3.2. Analysis of Net BalancesPrior
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Graph 1. Comparison of Net Balances
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the poorest countries, but it is sy
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