The EU Budget and EU Citizens

Brian Ardy

Chapter 6 in Europe, Policies and People, 2002, pp 82-99 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Government activity affects citizens in many ways. Most people, if asked, would probably specify health, education, social security expenditure and taxation as the government activities that impinge upon them most directly. The EU, however, is not so visible. In this respect, the impact of the EU’s budget on people is less noticeable than EMU and the coming of the euro which were explored in the previous chapter. The most significant effect of the EU on people’s lives has been through the construction of laws of which they are only dimly aware. The major purpose of this system of laws has been the creation of the Single Market and the Economic and Monetary Union. It is only in these areas that national governments have been prepared to pool sovereignty to obtain economic benefits.

Keywords: Member State; Common Agricultural Policy; Gross National Product; Market Exchange Rate; Cohesion Fund (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1057/9781403907370_6

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