This book analyses the ongoing reform of the European economic union in the light of the new objective of ‘stability of the euro area as a whole’ in Article 136(3) TFEU. On the basis of the relevant legal sources, it qualifies this objective as the obligation to preserve the existence of the monetary union, the establishment of which was an EU goal laid down in Article 3(4) TEU. While to date the objective has been achieved through fiscal and macroeconomic consolidation in the member states and the activation of stabilisation mechanisms in cases of emergency, the book argues that full stability requires a better system of economic governance, either through a process of partial fiscal centralisation or the return to a more efficient and sustainable market discipline of public finances. It also analyses the concrete legal challenges these raise, including compliance with the conferral principle, the longstanding democratic deficit of the governance and the balance between financial solidarity and fiscal responsibility.

La monografia analizza il processo di riforma dell’unione economica europea alla luce dell’obbiettivo della “stabilità della zona euro nel suo complesso” di cui all’art. 136, par. 3, TFUE. Sulla base delle norme giuridiche rilevanti, quest’ultimo viene definito come l’obbligo di preservare l’esistenza e l’integrità dell’unione monetaria, la cui creazione è uno degli obbiettivi generali dell’Unione europea previsto all’art. 3, par. 4, TFUE. La ricerca spiega come l’attuale sistema di governance economica, essenzialmente fondato sul coordinamento delle politiche di bilancio nazionali e la fornitura di assistenza finanziaria in via di emergenza, sia del tutto inadeguato al perseguimento della stabilità della zona euro nel suo complesso. Si impone un ripensamento del funzionamento dell’unione economica sulla base di due modelli alternativi: lo sviluppo di una capacità fiscale a livello europeo in grado di fare politiche di stabilizzazione o l’introduzione di meccanismi volti a rafforzare la disciplina di mercato sulla finanza pubblica nazionale. La monografia analizza le problematiche giuridiche poste da ciascuna di queste prospettive, in particolare il rispetto del principio di attribuzione, l’aggravamento del deficit democratico e l’equilibrio tra solidarietà finanziaria e responsabilità fiscale.

Lionello, L., The Pursuit of Stability of the Euro Area as a Whole. The Reform of the European Economic Union and Perspectives of Fiscal Integration., Springer, Cham 2020:<<STUDIES IN EUROPEAN ECONOMIC LAW AND REGULATION>>, 243. 10.1007/978-3-030-28045-1 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/145988]

The Pursuit of Stability of the Euro Area as a Whole. The Reform of the European Economic Union and Perspectives of Fiscal Integration.

Lionello, Luca
2020

Abstract

This book analyses the ongoing reform of the European economic union in the light of the new objective of ‘stability of the euro area as a whole’ in Article 136(3) TFEU. On the basis of the relevant legal sources, it qualifies this objective as the obligation to preserve the existence of the monetary union, the establishment of which was an EU goal laid down in Article 3(4) TEU. While to date the objective has been achieved through fiscal and macroeconomic consolidation in the member states and the activation of stabilisation mechanisms in cases of emergency, the book argues that full stability requires a better system of economic governance, either through a process of partial fiscal centralisation or the return to a more efficient and sustainable market discipline of public finances. It also analyses the concrete legal challenges these raise, including compliance with the conferral principle, the longstanding democratic deficit of the governance and the balance between financial solidarity and fiscal responsibility.
2020
Inglese
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Springer
Lionello, L., The Pursuit of Stability of the Euro Area as a Whole. The Reform of the European Economic Union and Perspectives of Fiscal Integration., Springer, Cham 2020:<<STUDIES IN EUROPEAN ECONOMIC LAW AND REGULATION>>, 243. 10.1007/978-3-030-28045-1 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/145988]
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