Abstract

Following its latest Own Resources Decision, the European Union is equipped with a new fiscal policy instrument. In addition to its financing function, the Own Resources Decision can pursue policy objectives by linking the contribution burden of Member States to a political objective of the Union. The article presents the concept, function, and problems of this new category of political own resources and develops a legal framework to ensure that political own resources do not shift the institutional balance between the Council and the Parliament. Own Resources Decision, fiscal own resources, political own resources, Multiannual Financial Framework

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