The Role of the Regions in EU Governance
This book compares for the first time how the regions in seven different countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) are involved in EU governance. It is also the first book which tackles this matter from two different perspecti
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Carlo Panara
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Alexander De Becker
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The Role of the Regions in EU Governance
Editors Dr. Carlo Panara School of Law Liverpool John Moores University John Forster Building 98 Mount Pleasant L3 5UZ Liverpool United Kingdom [email protected]
Professor Dr. Alexander De Becker Faculteit recht en criminologie Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussel Belgium [email protected] Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid Oudemanhuispoort 4–6 1012 Amsterdam The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-642-11902-6 e-ISBN 978-3-642-11903-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-11903-3 # Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937570 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer ScienceþBusiness Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in December 2009 and is an extremely important step in the European integration process. This new treaty is not a full European Constitution, but it remains a further development in the ongoing process of creation of an evermore integrated supranational union. States were and remain the only “members of the club” (the Union) but the importance of sub-state entities is also recognised by the Treaty. The concept of “multi-level governance” has grown in importance. This concept was originally developed to coordinate the action of the Member States (on local and national levels) with that of the EU. Coordination is more difficult to achieve in those Member States in which the government has a regionalised or decentralised structure. During the last four decades, a number of Member States decentralised important powers of the central government to sub-national entities. At the same time, the Member States continued to hand a significant part of their powers to the supranational level. These are two parallel and simultaneous processes which, at first sight, seem to be contradicting one another. In reality, they complement each other and give birth to numerous and complex relationships.1 Initially, regional entities claiming further powers were not fully aware that th
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