European Financial Governance: FTT Reform, Controversies and Governments' Responsiveness

Abstract: The Eurozone crisis exposed the incompleteness of the Economic and Monetary Union's governance framework thereby prompting the promotion of a multitude of reform packages and proposals. This simultaneously induced conflict among EU governments on both design and content of such reforms. In case of the financial transaction tax (FTT) proposal, which failed to garner consensus among member governments, it illustrates Ireland’s disapproval clashing with favorable German and French stances. While these governments aligned on the necessity to reform, the process of harmonizing EU financial governance proved rather difficult. In analyzing governments' variation of reform support or opposition, the societal approach to governmental preference formation is employed. This is considerably conducive in directing academic attention to the role of two explanatory variables, domestic material interests and value-based ideas, in shaping governments’ reform positions. This article encompasses a co

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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Politics and Governance ; 9 (2021) 2 ; 208-218

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2021
Creator
van Loon, Aukje

DOI
10.17645/pag.v9i2.3935
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023052314283967696689
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • van Loon, Aukje
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2021

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