The Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests and Pandemic Emergency Tools: an Analysis of the Control Mechanism between the EU and the Member States
Author(s)
Nato, Alessandro
Date Issued
2022
Type
article
Issue
3
Start Page
7
End Page
28
Abstract
The paper examines three case studies: RescEU, SURE, and EU
support for SMEs. Thesecasestudies represent threerelevant EU actions that responded
to the first phase of the Covid-19 emergency in thesectors of health, work, and economic
support for businesses. The main research questions are: What kind of actions have
been financed in these sectors with EU funds? What kind of administrative checks
were carried out for these EU emergency funds? The paper looks at these issues from
a multilevel perspective: starting from the EU framework it reaches national levels,
especially Italy, Poland, Belgium, and Germany. In the conclusions, the paper seeks
to understand how promptly the EU emergency actions were taken and whether the
planned controls prevented fraud.