written by
Miró, Joan
Debating fiscal solidarity in the EU: interests, values and identities in the legitimation of the Next Generation EU plan – Journal of European Integration
16/09/2021
scritto da
Miró, Joan

Abstract

The article departs from the assumption that issues of member state solidarity, particularly in crisis moments, undergird the stability of the EU by holding the key to its legitimation. Against this background, the article employs the tools of discourse analysis to study how European executives deliberated over the institution of new mechanisms of fiscal solidarity in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as how they later legitimised the agreed mechanisms. Having coded 1,143 quotes from 21 office-holders drawn from national and international press, the article shows how, during the COVID-19 crisis management debate, diverging visions on what is the EU and why should EU solidarity be embraced developed along the Northern–Southern interstate cleavage. More importantly, it indicates how some trends towards the nationalisation, instead of Europeanisation, of EU deliberative dynamics might hinder the future establishment of deeper forms of fiscal integration.

To cite this article:

Joan Miró (2021): Debating fiscal solidarity in the EU: interests, values and
identities in the legitimation of the Next Generation EU plan, Journal of European Integration, DOI:
10.1080/07036337.2021.1977292
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2021.1977292

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This project is funded with a Synergy Grant by the European Research Council under Grant Agreement n. 810356. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.