Greening EU fiscal rules

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie is
joined by Ester Barendregt, Zsolt Darvas and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
to discuss how to finish the new fiscal rules for the European
Union before next year's European elections. They speak about
whether the emerging fiscal rules might help or hurt efforts to
fund the green transition.

Also on the agenda is the latest developments towards fiscal
rules reform, with the speakers giving their feedback on the
current proposals. They also debate how to balance debt and
environmental sustainability and whether there is enough
political will to achieve fiscal rules reform.

Relevant publications:


 Zettelmeyer, J. (2023) ‘Assessing the Ecofin compromise
on fiscal rules reform’, Bruegel First Glance, 21 December,
available at
https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/assessing-ecofin-compromise-fiscal-rules-reform

Darvas, Z., J. Pisani-Ferry and J. Zettelmeyer (2023)
‘Bringing the reform of European Union fiscal rules to a
successful close’, Bruegel First Glance, 12 December, available
at
https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/bringing-reform-european-union-fiscal-rules-successful-close

Zettelmeyer, J. (2023) ‘Are the emerging EU fiscal rules
green enough?’, Bruegel First Glance, 16 November, available at
https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/are-emerging-eu-fiscal-rules-green-enough

Darvas, Z., L. Welslau and J. Zettelmeyer (2023) ‘A
quantitative evaluation of the European Commission´s fiscal
governance proposal’, Working Paper 16/2023, Bruegel