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Executive Summary
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Research Project
"Die
Besoldung und Versorgung von Angehörigen des Öffentlichen Dienstes und die
Ausgestaltung der Politikfinanzierung in der Europäischen Union"
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Prof. Dr. Hans Herbert von Arnim/Martin Schurig, Mag.rer.publ., Speyer (Germany)
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The Research Institute for Public
Administration at the German Postgraduate School for Administrative Sciences in
Speyer (http://foev.dhv-speyer.de) was
founded in 1976. It is an independent scientific institute funded equally by the
national government and the state (Länder) governments. The institute has a
long tradition of doing research in the field of of the public service and in
political finance. Prof. Dr. Hans Herbert von Arnim has gathered knowledge for
more than 30 years. The close association to the postgraduate school is as
helpful as the regular working conferences on the administrative sciences and
research seminars involving scientists and civil servants, together with
visiting academic speakers from Germany and abroad. They provide a framework for
discussing both the findings of recent research and new developments in the
principles and practice of information technology in administrative
organisations.
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The research project will cover the
following topics: (1) Payment and pensions of members of the civil service of
the EU (2) Payment and Pensions of members of the European Commission and other
high authorities of the EU (3) Payment and Pensions oft the members of the
European Parliament and (4) the financing of european political and
parliamentary parties.
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This topic seems worth a scientific
survey for several reasons: up to present neither a scientific survey on the
financial status of public employees of the European Union nor of other European
authorities or the other parts of the project has been produced. In addition,
the financial status of the members of the European Parliament is facing
radical changes: hitherto members of the European Parliament are payed
differentely, namely like the members of the respective national parliament. The
forthcoming reform wants to harmonise the payment of the members of the European
Parliament. A draft of the European Parliament has not been approved of by the
council, who has presented a reform bill of his own. This however, has been
rejected by the parliament. Therefore, the prevoius regulations are still in
force.
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The Financing of the European Parties has
also started to change. The European Parliament has voted on a draft of decree
which for the first time stipulates a state based financing on the European
level; it still requires the consent of the Council. No legal foundation exists
for the financing of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament, which
nevertheless takes place on a large scale.
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The different parts of the project are
internally connected: for example the forthcoming reform of payment of the
members of the European Parliament will be orientated towards the current
structure of the pay and taxing system for European civil servants.
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In the course of this project, existing
European regulations will be examined against the backround of the national
regulations throughout the European Union. The project will persue an
interdisciplinarial approach. Juridicial, political and administrative questions
occur as well as financial ones. One problem relating to law for example is the
question whether Art. 191 in connection with Art. 308 of the Amsterdam-Treaty is
a sufficient foundation for the establishing of a state based system of party
financing. Another question that occurs is whether the Council has the right to
intoduce a new reform draft when asked for his consent for the one brought in by
the parliament.
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The Interdisiplinarial approach of the
project is also due to the following topics: Organization of the political
process when creating and completing the relevant regulations, structure of the
european civil service, organisation of the european political parties and
parliamentary groups and their connections to their national parties, and
finally the development of the financial system in diachronic perspective.
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Contact:
Prof. Dr. Hans Herbert von Arnim/Martin Schurig,
Mag.rer.publ.
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Organization:
Research Institute for Public Administration
at the German University for
Administrative Sciences Speyer
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Postal Address:
Postbox 14 09
67324 Speyer, Germany
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Telephone Professor:
++49 (0) 6232/654-343 arnim@dhv-speyer.de
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Telephone
Researcher:
++49 (0) 6232/654-383 schurig@dhv-speyer.de
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Telefax:
++49 (0) 6232/654-407
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Website:
http://foev.dhv-speyer.de/Finanzierung
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