The Role of the Regions in EU Governance

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Chapter 1 In the Name of Democracy: The External Representation of the Regions in the Council....Pages 3-24
Chapter 2 The Locus Standi of the Regions Before EU Courts....Pages 25-53
Chapter 3 The Protection of Member States’ Regions Through the Subsidiarity Principle....Pages 55-79
Chapter 4 The Role and Function of Structural and Cohesion Funds and the Interaction of the EU Regional Policy with the Internal Market Policies....Pages 81-108
Chapter 5 The Committee of the Regions and the Challenge of European Governance....Pages 109-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Chapter 6 Germany: A Cooperative Solution to the Challenge of the European Integration....Pages 133-156
Chapter 7 State and Regions Vis-a-Vis European Integration: The “Long (and Slow) March” of the Italian Regional State....Pages 157-183
Chapter 8 The Spanish Autonomous Communities in the EU: “The Evolution from the Competitive Regionalism to a Cooperative System”....Pages 185-214
Chapter 9 Austria: The Role of the “ Länder ” in a “Centralised Federal State”....Pages 215-234
Chapter 10 France: Centre, Regions and Outermost Regions: The Case for a New French and European Governance....Pages 235-249
Chapter 11 Belgium: The State and the Sub-State Entities Are Equal, But Is the State Sometimes Still More Equal Than the Others?....Pages 251-274
Chapter 12 Devolution and European Representation in the United Kingdom....Pages 275-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-346