Nothing more political than economic policy

As the RECON project is coming to an end, the EU is in the middle of a severe economic crisis and the future of the Euro is uncertain. Socio-economic conditions of political communities are critical both for the national and the European levels, as we have seen unfolding in the past months. Hence understanding the nature of these conditions and what consequences the organisation of public finance has for the prospects for democracy in Europe has been a key research priority for RECON. RECON has focused on the four economic freedoms and the fiscal and monetary constitutional principles, which underpin the asymmetric European monetary union.

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