A critical account of Article 106(2) TFEU: government failure in public service provision

'A Critical Account of Article 106(2) TFEU' offers a sceptical perspective on how EU law applies to public services.

Article 106(2) provides that other Treaty rules may be disapplied in order to sustain a Service of General Economic Interest.

The rhetorical presentation of Article 106(2) is as a strict exception.

As a result, Article 106(2) is often presented as an existential threat to Europe's service public tradition.

This book challenges those shibboleths by using the concept of government failure.