| Title |
Europos Sąjungos biudžeto reforma: ko siekiame? / |
| Translation of Title |
The reform of the European Union budget: what do we seek? |
| Authors |
Galinienė, Birutė ; Dikovič, Olga |
| DOI |
10.15388/Ekon.2008.17659 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Ekonomika. 2008, t. 82, p. 57-74.. ISSN 1392-1258 |
| Abstract [eng] |
The importance of financial flows to and from the EU budget is widely recognized because contributions to the EU budget and payments from it undoubtedly influence not only the expenditures and revenues of the national budget, but also the priorities of national policy and the whole economy of the country. But the level of the EU financial assistance depends mainly on the EU budget structure: its size, main budget financing principles and the priorities Europe has chosen. The structure of the current EU budget was formed in 1987, when the European Commission submitted its different proposals on every category of the EU budget expenditure and its own resources system. Twenty years passed, and Europe has changed dramatically: the number of EU member states increased from 12 to 27, new priorities as well as new problems that which can be solved at the EU level only have appeared. Therefore Europe’s policies and their financing need to evolve new priorities. The first public step in the process of the reform of all aspects of EU spending and resources was made in September 2007 by the European Commission through the publication of the Consultation paper on the EU budget reform. The aim of this consultation is to determine the structure and direction of the European Union’s spending priorities to meet the challenges of the globalized world in the next decade and beyond. The present EU budget comprises five headings which seem to fully correspond to the priorities of modern Europe because it reflects the main and most up-to-date European policies... |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2008 |
| CC license |
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