The subsidiarity principle, a tool for redefining Belgium?

This paper first suggests a methodology to help redefining the distribution of powers within a federation. It uses a test based on the subsidiarity principle and initially proposed by Pelkmans (2008) to discuss the distribution of powers between the Member States of the European Union and this latter. Then an application has been carried out for three competences – direct taxation, higher education and scientific research, and wage setting. It has been suggested that individual taxation should become the primary source of revenue for regions, while corporate income tax should be maintained a... Mehr ...