The cohesion policy for the Southern Italy: a Marshall Plan?

Abstract

The study examines "Cohesion policy for the Middle Ages: a Marshall Plan?", reconstructing the problem and the main evidence developed in the text. Thanks to the data of the Territorial Public Accounts System, the doping effect has been confirmed by the extraordinary resources on the public accounts of the Italian PA. In particular, the 2015 disputes the coincidence with the closure of the programming cycle 2007-2013, foreseen according to the rule “n+2” at 31 December of the year, which determines a massive certification and accounting of expenses associated with commitments that can date back to the beginning of the cycle, or even to the seven years of previous programming. However, there is a difference in how cohesion policy has been applied in Eastern Europe and the Mezzogiorno of Italy. In the first case, the EU, in order to ensure the geopolitical balances of the Union, has exploited this policy as a useful tool for the affirmation and maintenance of a sphere of influence on these territories. A long slow EU Marshall Plan which, as a result of the serious financial crisis, compressed ordinary public investments rather than encouraging them with truly additional extraordinary resources.

Keywords

Cohesion policy; Half-day; Marshall Plan; European Union; Italy; Europe

JEL codes

R58; F15; R11