Control presupuestario en la Unión Europea, reforma constitucional, ajuste de los presupuestos de las Administraciones Públicas y su impacto en el autogobierno vasco en el marco del Concierto Económico

Abstract

During the last two years, the European Union (EU) has adopted several instruments and mesures aimed at reinforcing the economic and budgetary coordination, especially among the Eurozone Member States. The new framework of the European economic governance is showing its impact over the national policies and budgets, while it compels the Eurozone countries to commit at a constitutional level to the budgetary balance. This present article analyzes fistly the principal mechanisms which deal with the new fiscal and economic governance in Europe, together with its impact in the Constitutional Law of some Member States. Secondly, it thoroughly studies the new regulation about the budgetary estability in Spain with special attention to the Constitutional reform regarding the content and development of the Organic Act 2/2012 from April 27th, of Budgetary Stability and Financial Sostenibility. Lastly, it finishes with a specific reference to the application of the new Spanish normative to the Basque Autonomous Community in the framework of its Economic Framework.

Keywords

• economic governance
• basque autonomous community
• basque economic framework
• budgetary discipline
• budgetary estability
• financial sostenibility
• fiscal agreement
• spanish constitutional reform