The EU Recovery Instrument and the constitutional implications of its expenditure

In a decisive determination to support economic recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the EU formulated an ambitious countercyclical fiscal expansionary policy. The pandemic coincided in time with the elaboration of the new 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, and this allowed th...

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Author: Porras-Gómez, Antonio-Martín
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/219489
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/219489
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Dret constitucional comunitari
Països de la Unió Europea
Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
Community constitutional law
European Union countries
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
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Summary:In a decisive determination to support economic recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the EU formulated an ambitious countercyclical fiscal expansionary policy. The pandemic coincided in time with the elaboration of the new 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, and this allowed the shaping of the entire financial programming process on the pattern of the intended fiscal expansion. The EU Recovery Instrument was adopted in December 2020 as an exceptional, one-off initiative allowing increased budgetary payments until December 2026.