Bertelsmann Stiftung, Jacques Delors Centre (Hrsg.)

Lucas Guttenberg, Dr. Thu Nguyen

How to spend it right

A more democratic governance for the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility

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Erscheinungstermin
12.06.2020
Auflage
1. Auflage
Umfang/Format
6 Seiten, PDF

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kostenlos

Beschreibung

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) will be the core of the EU’s new Recovery Instrument to fight the economic fallout of the pandemic. Under the RRF, 310 billion euros in additional EU spending will be allocated by the European Commission to member states based on individual Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs). In this Policy Brief, we argue that the proposed governance to decide on the assessment of RRPs lacks democratic elements as parliaments are largely sidelined. This should be changed to ensure necessary political ownership at national and European level; to include a second pair of European eyes to prevent misspending; and to avoid a roll-back of EU democracy. Therefore, we propose that the European Parliament get a veto over the Commission decision assessing individual RRPs and allocating funds. National parliaments should also have a say in the adoption of the RRP of the respective member state.

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Das Jacques Delors Institut und die Bertelsmann Stiftung haben im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes ihre Kräfte vereint, um einen Fahrplan für eine stärkere Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion auszuarbeiten.