In the highly polarized debate about fiscal federalism in Europe, Fabbrini has chosen his side and offers a vibrant and well-argued plea in favour of true federal budget and a more integrated and democratic Europe.
Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of EU Law at Dublin City University in Ireland and a Fellow in Law, Ethics and Public Policy at Princeton University, in the United States. He is the Founding Director of the Brexit Institute and is the PI of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence REBUILD ('Recovery of Europe, Budget of the Union: Integration, Law & Democracy') project. Federico holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute and has been awarded the Charlemagne Prize fellowship for his research on the future of Europe and was also made a knight of the Order of the Star of Italy in 2021. He is the author of three monographs with Oxford University Press, Brexit & the Future of the European Union (2020), Economic Governance in Europe (2016), and Fundamental Rights in Europe (2014). And he is also the editor of four edited volumes titled The Law & Politics of Brexit (Volume I-IV).