Polityka gospodarcza w strefie euro: koordynacja czy centralizacja?

• Autorzy: Konrad Szeląg

Warianty tytułu

The Economic policy in the euro area: co-ordination or centralization?

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

Omówiono różnego rodzaju propozycje zgłoszone w latach 2001-2003 i postulujące zwiększenie efektywności koordynacji polityki gospodarczej, zatrudnienia i budżetowej państw ze strefy euro. Przedstawiono efekty prac Konwentu Europejskiego w sprawie przyszłości UE (ogłoszone w czerwcu 2003 r. na szczycie Rady Europejskiej w Salonikach), a także towarzyszące im propozycje zwiększenia roli Komisji Europejskiej. Podjęto próbę oceny, czy w bliżej nieokreślonej przyszłości - w przypadku gdyby koordynacja polityki gospodarczej okazała się niewystarczająca lub nieefektywna - możliwe byłoby ich scentralizowanie i prowadzenie jednolitej polityki gospodarczej na szczeblu wspólnotowym przez ponadnarodową instytucję.

EN

The process of economic policy coordination within the EU is known to have many weak points. Firstly and foremost, the majority of coordination instruments are not legally binding. Moreover, the Stability and Growth Pact has come under strong criticism, and increasing demands for its fundamental reform are being made. The fact that decisions taken by the ECOFIN Council, which is the central institution in the EU process of coordinating the economic policy, are of certain political background also poses a problem. In this connection, in recent years, there were many proposals to increase the efficiency of the coordination of the national policies in the area of economy, employment and budget. Although their importance is appreciated, it must be said that the suggestions are of a fragmentary nature and none of them proposes a thorough reform of the EU economic policy. Meanwhile a more effective economic policy in the EU and in the euro area is necessary not only due to the euro introduction and the EU enlargement (and the future enlargement of the euro area), but also results from the current strategic objective of the EU within the Lisbon strategy. It seems therefore necessary to settle whether the future EU economic policy should remain coordinated or become more centralized. Coordination, especially on an international scale, is a relatively time-consuming, ineffective and expensive process. Centralization, by definition, eliminates the vast majority of these disadvantages. If the EMU intended to execute a centralized and supranational economic (and budgetary) policy in the future, it would be necessary to establish an "economic policy decision center" as counterparty to the ECB. It would not necessarily have to be a new institution, but could stem from the existing structures, e.g. from the European Commission, whose competences related to the economic matters would be gradually extended. The establishment of such an institution would be a step

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Polityka gospodarcza; Polityka budżetowa; Polityka zatrudnienia; Unia Gospodarcza i Walutowa (UGW); Koordynacja polityki

EN

Economic policy; Budgetary policy; Employment policy; Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); Policy coordination

• Czasopismo: Bank i Kredyt
• Rocznik: 2004
• Numer: nr 5
• Strony: 19--34

Twórcy

autor

Konrad Szeląg

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