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A ‘Macro-regional’ Europe in the MakingFrom Subregionalism to Macro-regionalism in Europe and the European Union

A ‘Macro-regional’ Europe in the Making: From Subregionalism to Macro-regionalism in Europe and... [Though the concept of macro-regional strategies that emerged in 2004/2005 was a new programme for the EU itself, the form and content of envisaged activities were not exactly a novel development within Europe. A plethora of multilateral cross-border cooperation platforms already existed in the form of the so-called subregional groupings (SRGs) that had proliferated in Europe after 1989. Every state currently included in one or more of the three EU macro-regions presently in action — the Adriatic and Ionian, the Baltic Sea and the Danube Region (or in advanced planning) the Alpine Region — was and remains a partner in one or more SRGs. Most SRGs have traditionally had, and continue to have, cooperation agendas that resemble the goals and activities of EU macro-regions. They also occupied, in whole or in part, the same territorial spaces. This was the case for the Baltic Sea macro-region and the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), and the first draft of the Danube Basin macro-region was more than reminiscent of the Trieste-based Central European Initiative (CEI) in terms of not only its member countries but also its portfolios of activity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A ‘Macro-regional’ Europe in the MakingFrom Subregionalism to Macro-regionalism in Europe and the European Union

Part of the Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics Book Series
Editors: Gänzle, Stefan; Kern, Kristine
Dangerfield, Martin
A ‘Macro-regional’ Europe in the Making — Dec 23, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
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978-1-349-55247-4
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25 –45
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10.1007/978-1-137-50972-7_2
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Abstract

[Though the concept of macro-regional strategies that emerged in 2004/2005 was a new programme for the EU itself, the form and content of envisaged activities were not exactly a novel development within Europe. A plethora of multilateral cross-border cooperation platforms already existed in the form of the so-called subregional groupings (SRGs) that had proliferated in Europe after 1989. Every state currently included in one or more of the three EU macro-regions presently in action — the Adriatic and Ionian, the Baltic Sea and the Danube Region (or in advanced planning) the Alpine Region — was and remains a partner in one or more SRGs. Most SRGs have traditionally had, and continue to have, cooperation agendas that resemble the goals and activities of EU macro-regions. They also occupied, in whole or in part, the same territorial spaces. This was the case for the Baltic Sea macro-region and the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), and the first draft of the Danube Basin macro-region was more than reminiscent of the Trieste-based Central European Initiative (CEI) in terms of not only its member countries but also its portfolios of activity.]

Published: Dec 23, 2015

Keywords: North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Nordic Council; European Integration Process; Danube Region; Cooperation Agenda

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