The criminal law protection of social innovation and its financial basis as special (supranational) legal interest in the European Union and in Hungary

Abstract

The basic aim of the research is to analyse the criminal law protection of the financial basis of social innovation, in particular the issue of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union. Criminal offences against the domestic and EU budgets can indirectly harm or endanger innovation as well, therefore it is a primary interest of the Hungarian and the EU legislators to combat against crimes affecting their financial interests.