How Jean-Claude Juncker and Pierre Moscovici laid the groundwork for the EU’s post-COVID fiscal policy

Mérand, Frédéric (2021) How Jean-Claude Juncker and Pierre Moscovici laid the groundwork for the EU’s post-COVID fiscal policy. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (12 May 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The EU’s fiscal rules, which state that governments should run budget deficits no higher than 3% of GDP and maintain a public debt no higher than 60% of GDP, have been suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic and there are now growing calls for them to be reformed or abandoned altogether. Drawing on a new study, Frédéric Mérand documents how Jean-Claude Juncker, Pierre Moscovici and other figures within the European Commission laid the groundwork for this paradigm shift in EU fiscal governance.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2021 14:18
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:47
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111320

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