Romy Hansum
@romyha.bsky.social
EU Fiscal and Investment Policy Fellow @Jacques Delors Centre, Berlin | PhD @thehertieschool | She/her
Publication news: My third PhD article is out in European Union Politics. 🎓
In a quantitative analysis of the EU's Cohesion Policy funds, I find an intriguing pattern: national allocations across spending priorities have been remarkably rigid over time, despite changing EU and national priorities.
In a quantitative analysis of the EU's Cohesion Policy funds, I find an intriguing pattern: national allocations across spending priorities have been remarkably rigid over time, despite changing EU and national priorities.
August 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Publication news: My third PhD article is out in European Union Politics. 🎓
In a quantitative analysis of the EU's Cohesion Policy funds, I find an intriguing pattern: national allocations across spending priorities have been remarkably rigid over time, despite changing EU and national priorities.
In a quantitative analysis of the EU's Cohesion Policy funds, I find an intriguing pattern: national allocations across spending priorities have been remarkably rigid over time, despite changing EU and national priorities.
The budget numbers proposed by the EU COM are finally out - but their interpretation is far from unequivocal. Let me give you some comparisons in 2025 prices which is more informative in terms of actual buying power:
July 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The budget numbers proposed by the EU COM are finally out - but their interpretation is far from unequivocal. Let me give you some comparisons in 2025 prices which is more informative in terms of actual buying power:
1/ The EU Commission proposes a budget 2028-2034 that is around €580bn higher than its precursor. The increase is a bit less enormous considering that NGEU repayments will already consume €168bn. However, there is still quite some additional spending in there, mainly going to the new Pillar II:
July 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
1/ The EU Commission proposes a budget 2028-2034 that is around €580bn higher than its precursor. The increase is a bit less enormous considering that NGEU repayments will already consume €168bn. However, there is still quite some additional spending in there, mainly going to the new Pillar II: