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1. European Taxes and Fiscal Justice: Citizens’ Support and Lessons from the US
(Tomasz P. Woźniakowski and Miguel Poiares Maduro/Essay)

By demonstrating the importance of the own source of EU revenue, rather than focusing solely on the size of its budget, we can understand that financing the EU is not a ‘zero-sum’ game. Therefore, we use ...

2. The future of the EU-ACP relations: possible scenarios after the end of the post-Cotonou negotiations
(Matteo Oreglia/Essay)

... status quo. Moreover, the financing, the legal basis, the model of implementation and the main players of the partnership are key points that will be discussed in the essay.  ...

3. Reforming the financing of the EU budget: Outlook
(Alessandro D'Alfonso/Essay)

This paper provides a general overview of the EU’s own resources system, and of the debate on its possible reform within the current legal framework. Two alternative reforms are discussed, along with ...

4. Reform options for the EU budget – First reflections on the new departure for a new EU budget
(Mario Kölling/Essay)

... important occasion and stimulus to reform the financing of the budget and to readjust the spending structure. ...

5. European cooperation in counter-terrorism and the case of individual sanctions
(Giulia Gargantini/Essay)

... main features of the European counter-terrorism policy together with the most important achievements attained in this field. Attention is then focused on the combat against terrorist financing; in particular ...