Episode 351 • • 24:44 - 29:05
351: Home for the Holidays
Lisbon Treaty Protocols and Financial Surveillance
The EU is moving toward "fiscal harmonization," which may include standardized value-added taxes determined by Brussels. Reference is made to Protocol 14 of the Lisbon Treaty regarding the election of a president for the Eurogroup working group. Critics argue that the term "surveillance" in EU documents signals an intrusive level of financial oversight over member states.