Edited by Luca Zamparini and Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli, University of Salento, Italy

‘The book presents a consistent analysis, characterised by a step-by-step approach, as the various chapters unfold, while their contents have a truly noteworthy substantive consistency. The approach of successive stages of analysis adopted allows readers to locate the main points addressed not only with regard to their substance, but also with regard to their position in the overall examination of the EU Budget as a unique institutional, political, economic, even social instrument of the Union.’

• Contents:1. Introduction Luca Zamparini and Ubaldo Villani-LubelliPart I Historical and Political Profiles2. The EU budget and the European integration process: a historical analysisUbaldo Villani-Lubelli3. The EU budget between bargaining tool and policy instrumentMario Kölling4. “No representation without taxation”. For an history of the budgetary control in the European UnionAlessandro Isoni5. Citizens’ Attitudes towards the EU Budget: An OverviewKarsten Mause6. The Multi-Annual Financial Framework: reforms and path-dependent development of the EU budgetRobert Kaiser7. Towards a closer Intergovernmental Union? The political implications of the 2021-2027 MFF negotiationsMatteo ScottoPart II Legal and Economic Profiles8. The EU budget and the MFF between flexibility and unityPeter Becker9. The European framework for monitoring and control of the EU budgetElsa Perreau10. Growth, competitiveness and the EU budgetLuca Zamparini11. The relevance of the EU budget for the structural balances of Member StatesMaurizia Pierri12. Brexit and the EU budgetMargit Schratzenstaller13. ConclusionsUbaldo Villani-Lubelli and Luca ZampariniIndex

Edited by Luca Zamparini and Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli, University of Salento, Italy

‘The book presents a consistent analysis, characterised by a step-by-step approach, as the various chapters unfold, while their contents have a truly noteworthy substantive consistency. The approach of successive stages of analysis adopted allows readers to locate the main points addressed not only with regard to their substance, but also with regard to their position in the overall examination of the EU Budget as a unique institutional, political, economic, even social instrument of the Union.’

• Contents:1. Introduction Luca Zamparini and Ubaldo Villani-LubelliPart I Historical and Political Profiles2. The EU budget and the European integration process: a historical analysisUbaldo Villani-Lubelli3. The EU budget between bargaining tool and policy instrumentMario Kölling4. “No representation without taxation”. For an history of the budgetary control in the European UnionAlessandro Isoni5. Citizens’ Attitudes towards the EU Budget: An OverviewKarsten Mause6. The Multi-Annual Financial Framework: reforms and path-dependent development of the EU budgetRobert Kaiser7. Towards a closer Intergovernmental Union? The political implications of the 2021-2027 MFF negotiationsMatteo ScottoPart II Legal and Economic Profiles8. The EU budget and the MFF between flexibility and unityPeter Becker9. The European framework for monitoring and control of the EU budgetElsa Perreau10. Growth, competitiveness and the EU budgetLuca Zamparini11. The relevance of the EU budget for the structural balances of Member StatesMaurizia Pierri12. Brexit and the EU budgetMargit Schratzenstaller13. ConclusionsUbaldo Villani-Lubelli and Luca ZampariniIndex

Edited by Luca Zamparini and Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli, University of Salento, Italy

‘The book presents a consistent analysis, characterised by a step-by-step approach, as the various chapters unfold, while their contents have a truly noteworthy substantive consistency. The approach of successive stages of analysis adopted allows readers to locate the main points addressed not only with regard to their substance, but also with regard to their position in the overall examination of the EU Budget as a unique institutional, political, economic, even social instrument of the Union.’

• Contents:1. Introduction Luca Zamparini and Ubaldo Villani-LubelliPart I Historical and Political Profiles2. The EU budget and the European integration process: a historical analysisUbaldo Villani-Lubelli3. The EU budget between bargaining tool and policy instrumentMario Kölling4. “No representation without taxation”. For an history of the budgetary control in the European UnionAlessandro Isoni5. Citizens’ Attitudes towards the EU Budget: An OverviewKarsten Mause6. The Multi-Annual Financial Framework: reforms and path-dependent development of the EU budgetRobert Kaiser7. Towards a closer Intergovernmental Union? The political implications of the 2021-2027 MFF negotiationsMatteo ScottoPart II Legal and Economic Profiles8. The EU budget and the MFF between flexibility and unityPeter Becker9. The European framework for monitoring and control of the EU budgetElsa Perreau10. Growth, competitiveness and the EU budgetLuca Zamparini11. The relevance of the EU budget for the structural balances of Member StatesMaurizia Pierri12. Brexit and the EU budgetMargit Schratzenstaller13. ConclusionsUbaldo Villani-Lubelli and Luca ZampariniIndex