Niccolo Donati

Niccolò Donati holds a Ph.D. in Political Studies from the University of Milan. His main research interests concern the budgetary politics and policy of the EU, EU Cohesion policy, and the role of narratives in explaining the conflict dynamics in the EU.

niccolo.donati@unimi.it

21 January 2019

MFF 2021-2027: Winners and losers across the EU from a social policy perspective

By Niccolo Donati

This article is the first part of a focus on the financial resources destined for cohesion policy within the MFF. We are going to discuss how geographical eligibility changed in the Commission’s proposal when compared with the previous MFF (2014–2020). Moreover, we are going to focus on the resources that are going to be allocated to social Europe with the new ESF+.

15 June 2018

MFF – Proposal for a stronger Europe?

By Niccolo Donati

The European Commission proposed to substantially change the allocation of different spending priorities. In general, the EU budget will reinforce the existing thematic priorities in the field of research, environmental policies, youth policies, migration and borders, security and external action.

23 April 2018

The road to EU’s multiannual financial framework amidst Brexit and national tensions

By Niccolo Donati

The negotiations linked to the MFF are starting; the Commission has opted for a cautious approach, while Brexit has the potential to impact budgetary politics.

2 October 2017

Cohesion policy: the political conditionality saga

By Niccolo Donati

Since 1988, cohesion policy has contributed to give visibility to the EU. “No one falls in love with a market”, was Jacques Delors’s frequent admonishment in the late eighties. His fear was that, if Europe was only to be a free trade area, the average citizen would perceive its construction as elitist

12 May 2017

The emergence of territorial solidarity in the US during the Great Depression. What can the EU learn from it?

By Niccolo Donati

What can the EU learn from the American experience of interstate solidarity?

1 February 2016

The European Court of Auditors annual report: handling precautions

By Niccolo Donati

In its last report on the EU budget, the European Court of Auditors invokes “a wholly new approach” to investments and spending from the European Commission as well as the member states.

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«While Eurozone governance has not changed, its politics—at least in Brussels—have been transformed. For this transformation to be completed, political codification outside Brussels is needed. »

Niccolo Donati

Niccolo Donati

MFF 2021-2027: Winners and losers across the EU from a social policy perspective

MFF – Proposal for a stronger Europe?

The road to EU’s multiannual financial framework amidst Brexit and national tensions

Cohesion policy: the political conditionality saga

The emergence of territorial solidarity in the US during the Great Depression. What can the EU learn from it?

The European Court of Auditors annual report: handling precautions

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