1st Edition

The Power of the Purse in the European Communities

By David Coombes Copyright 1972
108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

After 1978 the European Communities had a budget financed wholly from sources of income belonging to the Communities themselves. The Power of the Purse in the European Communities (1972) examines the constitutional principles this raises, as well focusing on the nationalist versus federalist approaches to Communities’ institutions, and the political and economic ramifications of the expanded... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Budget of the European Communities  3. The New Budgetary Procedure  4. Wider Effects of the Luxembourg Treaty  5. The Role of the European Parliament in Budgetary Procedure  6. Consequences of British Membership

Biography

David Coombes with the assistance of Ilka Wiebecke