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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366571103321

Autore

Lionello Luca

Titolo

The Pursuit of Stability of the Euro Area as a Whole : The Reform of the European Economic Union and Perspectives of Fiscal Integration / / by Luca Lionello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-28045-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 pages)

Collana

Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, , 2214-2037 ; ; 18

Disciplina

337.142

Soggetti

Law—Europe

Finance, Public

International law

Trade

European Union

European Economic Community literature

European Law

Financial Law/Fiscal Law

International Economic Law, Trade Law

European Union Politics

European Integration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

General introduction -- 1 The objective of stability of the euro area as a whole -- 2 Achieving stability in the economic union: tools, policies and deficits of the current governance model -- 3 Completing the economic union for a better achievement of stability -- General conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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.