Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability: The European Semester and the Irish Budget

Recent European legislation has meant that the Irish budget will no longer be published in December. This year, for the first time, it will be published on October 15th, in line with other European national budgets. In ‘Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability: The European Semester and the Irish Budget’ Alan Dukes considers these recent reforms to European Economic Governance and their “implications for the Irish budget-making process”.