Download or read book The Finances of the European Union written by Brigid Laffan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conclusion, the author assesses the capacity of the Union to manage its financial resources, its strategies for combating fraud, the likely impact of enlargement, and Economic and Monetary Union, and the prospects for budgetary peace when the current financial framework runs out in 1999.