Why is the bulk of expenditure in two main areas – agriculture and cohesion policy – and what explains the decline of agriculture and the rise of cohesion spending?
Explaining EU expenditure policies There are three interrelated issues concerning EU expenditure policies that need explaining: • Why does the EU tax and spend to the amount that it does – in other words, why is the EU budget so small? • Why is the bulk of expenditure in two main areas – agriculture and […]