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This conference is organised by the Department of Law of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ and the Robert Schuman Initiative (RSI) with the support of the Erasmus + Programme of the European Commission.

Abstract

This conference explores the evolving contours of the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon’s fiscal constitution, focusing on the interplay between the EU budget, own resources, and the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon’s emerging capacity to raise revenue. Against the backdrop of recent crises and transformative policy developments, most notably the NextGenerationEU instrument, the reform of fiscal governance, and new own resources proposals, the conference brings together leading scholars to examine the legal, economic, and constitutional dimensions of fiscal integration in the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon.

The conference will engage with key structural questions of fiscal federalism, exploring the constitutional architecture of EU fiscal powers, the implications of common debt issuance, and comparative perspectives on the design of revenue systems in multi-level systems. It will trace the evolution of fiscal governance in the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon, with particular attention to the shifting balance between discipline, solidarity, and sovereignty, the ongoing transformation of the Stability and Growth Pact, and the expanding role of financial assistance instruments.

At the same time, the conference reflects on the changing role of the EU budget, from its traditional focus on cohesion policy to its increasing involvement in areas such as defence and external action, thereby highlighting its growing strategic significance in the pursuit of broader policy objectives. It also addresses fundamental questions concerning the EU’s power to tax and the future of own resources, examining both the constitutional limits of EU fiscal authority and the prospects for deeper fiscal integration.

By bringing together perspectives from law, economics, and political science, the conference aims to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the EU’s fiscal constitution at a time of significant transformation, and to reflect on its implications for the future of European integration.

Language

English.

This is a free event. Registration is mandatory.

Programme

• 09.00 – 09.10

  Welcome,

  Dr. Katerina Pantazatou (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ)

• 09.10 – 10.30

  Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon(s)

  Chair: Dr. Katerina Pantazatou (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ)

  Speakers:

  • Prof. Gianluigi Bizioli (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Bergamo): ‘The Constitutional Architecture of the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon Fiscal Federalism’
  • Prof. David Howarth (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ): ‘A ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon of debt?’
  • Dr. Ricardo Garcia Anton (Tilburg ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity): ‘Comparative Federalism and the Design of the EU Revenue side’

• 10.30 – 11.00

  Coffee Break

• 11.00 – 12.45

  Fiscal Governance in the EU: Discipline, Solidarity and Sovereignty

  Chair: Prof. David Howarth (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ)

  Speakers:

  • Dr. Maria Antonia Panasci (Mercatorum ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity): ‘NGEU and the Transformation of the EU Fiscal Constitution’
  • Dr. Klaus Tuori and Dr. Fernando Losada (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ): ‘The green dimension of financial assistance in the EU’
  • Prof. Christos Gortsos (National and Kapodistrian ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Athens): ‘The asymmetry between the ‘Economic’ and the ‘Monetary’ in the EMU’ (online)
  • Dr. Frédéric Allemand (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ): ‘Between Discipline, Solidarity and Sovereignty: The SGP and the EU’s New Fiscal Toolbox’

• 12.45 – 14.00

  Lunch break

• 14.00 – 15.30

  The use of the EU budget: From cohesion policy to EU defence

  Chair: Prof. Eleftheria Neframi (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ)

  Speakers:

  • Dr. Thibault Martinelli (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Salzburg): ‘Cohesion in the Next MFF: Structural Funds and the Transformation of the EU Budgetary Architecture’
  • Dr. Luigi Lonardo (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ): ‘Support loans and the EU’s external policy’
  • Dr. Rosalba Famà (New York ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity & Bocconi ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity): ‘Financing the EU defence – the SAFE instrument and the expanding role of the EIB’ (online)

• 15.30 – 16.00

  Coffee break

• 16.00 – 17.30

  The EU’s power to tax and own resources

  Chair: Prof. Gianluigi Bizioli (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Bergamo)

  Speakers:

  • Dr. Martha Caziero (Tilburg ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity): ‘The EU’s power to tax’
  • Dr. Sam van der Vlugt (Erasmus ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity Rotterdam): ‘The new own resources proposals and the way forward’
  • Dr. Tomasz Woźniakowski (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of WrocÅ‚aw): ‘Taxing Powers and Political ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon: The Constitutional Future of the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon’

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This conference is funded by the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon. Neither the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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