caa a22 4500 60623750X CHVBK 20210128101253.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10272-015-0553-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10272-015-0553-z Reforming the Financing of the European Union: A Proposal [Elektronische Daten] [Clemens Fuest, Friedrich Heinemann, Martin Ungerer] The current system for the financing of the EU needs to be reformed. This paper puts forth a reform proposal with two important elements: first, the addition of an EU VAT share on receipts; and second, a shift in power from the European Council to the European Parliament with regard to the determination of the structure of EU expenditures. The first element will make taxpayers' contributions to the EU more visible, thereby increasing their interest in the EU budget and fostering democratic accountability. The second element will shift spending priorities away from projects that generate visible advantages to individual member states and towards policies that benefit the EU as a whole. ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Fuest Clemens Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), L 7, 1, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut Heinemann Friedrich Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), L 7, 1, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut Ungerer Martin Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), L 7, 1, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut Intereconomics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 50/5(2015-09-01), 288-293 0020-5346 50:5<288 2015 50 10272 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-015-0553-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-015-0553-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fuest Clemens Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), L 7, 1, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Heinemann Friedrich Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), L 7, 1, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ungerer Martin Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), L 7, 1, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Intereconomics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 50/5(2015-09-01), 288-293 0020-5346 50:5<288 2015 50 10272