Publication

This book assesses the way in which the EU budget is financed and offers possible options for how to reform the EU revenue system. In particular, the author 1) provides a historical overview of the EU revenue system and the implications of the calculations of the different EU member state contributions for the EU budget; 2) examines the transparency, equality and democratic accountability of the existing EU revenue system; and 3) looks at issues involved in the EU revenue system, including the problem of how to ensure its legitimacy and the rational of how the EU budget is set.