The Role of the Regions in EU Governance

1. Front Matter

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2. Regions in the EU

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Chapter 1 In the Name of Democracy: The External Representation of the Regions in the Council

      • Frederic Eggermont

      Pages 3-24

   3. Chapter 2 The Locus Standi of the Regions Before EU Courts

      • Anne Thies

      Pages 25-53

   4. Chapter 3 The Protection of Member States’ Regions Through the Subsidiarity Principle

      • Piet Van Nuffel

      Pages 55-79

   5. Chapter 4 The Role and Function of Structural and Cohesion Funds and the Interaction of the EU Regional Policy with the Internal Market Policies

      • Christopher Bovis

      Pages 81-108

   6. Chapter 5 The Committee of the Regions and the Challenge of European Governance

      • Silvia Ricci

      Pages 109-129

3. National Patterns

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Chapter 6 Germany: A Cooperative Solution to the Challenge of the European Integration

      • Carlo Panara

      Pages 133-156

   3. Chapter 7 State and Regions Vis-a-Vis European Integration: The “Long (and Slow) March” of the Italian Regional State

      • Stefano Villamena

      Pages 157-183

   4. Chapter 8 The Spanish Autonomous Communities in the EU: “The Evolution from the Competitive Regionalism to a Cooperative System”

      • Alicia Chicharro Lázaro

      Pages 185-214

   5. Chapter 9 Austria: The Role of the “Länder” in a “Centralised Federal State”

      • Harald Eberhard

      Pages 215-234

   6. Chapter 10 France: Centre, Regions and Outermost Regions: The Case for a New French and European Governance

      • Jacques Colom

      Pages 235-249

   7. Chapter 11 Belgium: The State and the Sub-State Entities Are Equal, But Is the State Sometimes Still More Equal Than the Others?

      • Alexander De Becker

      Pages 251-274

   8. Chapter 12 Devolution and European Representation in the United Kingdom

      • Mike Varney

      Pages 275-296

4. Back Matter

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This publication 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 perspectives; that of EU law and that of comparative law. It includes contributions both from well-established scholars in the field of EU law and from younger scholars.

• Comparative Law
• Constitutional Law
• EU Law
• Multilevel governance
• Public Law

• John Forster Building, Liverpool Jon Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Carlo Panara

• , Faculteit recht en criminologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

  Alexander De Becker

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