The Implementation of the Next Generation EU Funding in the Member States

Abstract

The past decade has witnessed a transformation of economic governance in the European Union (EU), partly as a result of responses to the various internal and external crises, but also as a consequence of the wider developments inside and outside the EU. Notable among the major reforms that have impacted on the EU’s governance of economic policies are the adoption of the NGEU funding programme, especially the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The transformation that these developments have spurred has impacted both the EU level and the member states. The formulation and implementation of the National Recovery Plans (as part of the RRF) have required new arrangements and responsibilities for the EU institutions as well as big changes in decision-making and public management processes within member states. The changing dynamics of economic governance in the EU have far-reaching implications for the institutions, policies, and politics of both the EU and its member states. On the one hand, the EU as a polity is evolving and, with it, its relationship with its constituent units (i.e. the member states). On the other hand, domestic factors frame how the member states influence institution-building and policy-making and at the EU level. The panel brings together papers that focus on key aspects of these issues, namely, the implementation and monitoring of the NextGenEU project.

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