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2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 517-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostas Kourtikakis
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
European Union ◽  
Stability And Growth Pact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Growth Pact ◽  
Experimentalist Governance ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Oxford University Press

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITALY RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUPRANATIONAL FISCAL REGULATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 208-221
Author(s):  
Dmitrii О. Mikhalev ◽  
◽  
Egor’ A. Sergeev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Stability And Growth Pact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Growth Pact ◽  
Discretionary Fiscal Policy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Eu

The article presents a retrospective analysis of relations between the government of Italy and the European Union institutions in the context of supranational fiscal regulation in 2002–2019. The authors analyze the influence of external and internal factors on the state of public finance in Italy, note the reasons that made it difficult to meet the requirements of the Stability and Growth Pact, study the main issues on the agenda in the EU-Italy relations and their evolution. The authors also come to conclusion that unlike the earlier discussions about correcting budget deficit in Italy, current focus of supranational fiscal governance is shifted to preventing it, what challenges the economic sovereignty of Italy and country’s opportunities to conduct a discretionary fiscal policy.

Explaining deviations from the Stability and Growth Pact: power, ideology, economic need or diffusion?

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Large Impact ◽  
Stability And Growth Pact ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Law ◽  
Growth Pact ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Economic Need

AbstractWhy do some countries deviate from European Union law? More specifically, why do countries violate the Stability and Growth Pact, which is a cornerstone piece of legislation for the shared economy? Is it that violators simply have no other choice due to economic need? Are the violators intentional deviators that are simply able to violate the Stability and Growth Pact because of their power in the European Union? This article answers these questions and identifies those factors that are most likely to impact a country’s deviation from the two main clauses of the Stability and Growth Pact. The major finding is that it is economic need, not a country’s relative power, governing ideology or diffusion, that has a large impact on which clause will be violated.

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