{"product_id":"the-debate-on-the-rebate-should-there-be-a-general-compensation-mechanism-in-the-eu-resources-system-to-solve-the-net-position-problem-von-daniel-neugebauer","title":"The debate on the rebate: Should there be a general compensation mechanism in the EU resources system to solve the net position problem?","description":"\u003cp\u003eBachelor Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1, University of Twente  (Bedrijf Bestuur en Technologie), language: English, abstract: In the conclusion of the European Council in December 2005, the Presidency mentions only in a single sentence what had filled covers of newspapers the days before: ¿The European Council reached agreement on the Financial Perspective 2007-2013 as set out in doc. 15915\/05.¿1 It was the second attempt after a former Council six month before, and also this time it needed tough negotiations and a number of revised proposals, until the quoted sentence could be printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reason for this controversy can be summarized in an old German adage: ¿Beim Geld hört die Freundschaft auf.¿ Those who are partners in other situations begin to bargain over every Euro they have to spend for the EU budget, giving short-term national interests priority to long-term EU interests. In some way this is understandable, despite the fact that the Council should bring forward the European project ¿ politicians are elected in the nation states and have to justify every Euro they leave in Brussels. Besides this, the term of ¿solidarity¿ has neither in Article I-2 of the ¿Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe¿2 , nor in article 1 of the ¿Treaty on European Union¿3 been concretised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut nevertheless the difficulties surrounding the agreement on the Financial Perspective are symptoms of a serious problem: Countries which pay more into the budget than they get back, the so-called net contributors, feel to have unacceptable high costs in relation to the benefits they gain from their EU-Membership. The debate on ¿net positions¿ is one of the major reasons which lead to the low acceptance of the European Union in public: According to Eurobarometer, 62% of the population are worried ¿about the increasing costs for the Member States of building Europe.¿4 Only the fear of a transfer of jobs to other Member States was mentioned more often (73%).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783638662055\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783638662055","offer_id":39439076425821,"sku":"9783638662055","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/a4aece77-277a-4f81-bbb6-5970e172f44e.jpg?v=1777352861","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/the-debate-on-the-rebate-should-there-be-a-general-compensation-mechanism-in-the-eu-resources-system-to-solve-the-net-position-problem-von-daniel-neugebauer","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}