The deficit and debt limits of the European Union and the consequences for the policy stability of the member states
Photo: Nelson Ndongala | Unsplash Guest Author: Maurice Leipnitz Maurice is a recent Master’s graduate from the University of Amsterdam, specialising in political economy, finance, and fiscal policy. Drawing on his Bachelor’s thesis and recent heterodox critiques of EU fiscal rules, he develops a novel framework to visualise their impact on domestic politics. Introduction With the Treaty of Maastricht, the European Community (EC) undoubtedly took one of the biggest steps in its history towards European integration and the European Union (EU) as we know it today.[1] At the heart of […]
