Redistributing Europe: Who Gets EU Money, Why, and How

In recent years, the EU has been redistributing large amounts of public money - for economic recovery, energy transition, and defence. This marks a major shift from a Union that traditionally had a small budget and did not see itself as a redistributive community. This project analyses how EU public finance law structures this redistributive transformation and evaluates its constitutional significance. Thereby, the project addresses a fundamental question of a political community - who deserves what, why, and how – and provides normative guidance for Europe’s evolving system of public finance.