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Regional and local participation in the EU project: How the European Parliament is responding to citizens' expectations
The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) has now concluded its work. Originally conceived in May 2019 from an idea France's President Emmanuel Macron put forward in his 'letter to the citizens of Europe', the CoFoE was intended to 'propose all the changes our political project needs, with an open mind, even to amending the Treaties', particularly on the basis of citizens' proposals. Citizens 'should play a leading and active part in setting our priorities and our level of ambition', as stated ...
Understanding the European Committee of the Regions
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR or 'the Committee') is one of two European Union (EU) advisory bodies, the other being the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The CoR was established by the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht, following a period when regional and local interests had been demanding greater involvement in the European decision-making process. The CoR was set up as an advisory body of the Council and the European Commission, made up of local and regional representatives, ...
A renewed territorial agenda for the EU
The main objective of the territorial agenda is to strengthen territorial cohesion, an EU principle that seeks to ensure the balanced development of the EU and reduce its regional disparities. Agreed in May 2011 and the culmination of a process begun many years earlier with the European Spatial Development Perspective, the Territorial Agenda 2020 has recently been renewed with a view to establishing a continued role for this initiative within the EU's new cohesion policy framework beyond 2020. Aimed ...
Integrated territorial investment – Implementation and future prospects
An optional territorial development tool, integrated territorial investments (ITIs) make it possible to combine resources from the European Social Fund, European Regional Development Fund or Cohesion Fund under priority axes of one or more operational programmes. While ITIs may be used to implement sustainable urban development as well as other territorial strategies, they also allow Member States to delegate management tasks to the local level. Their take-up in the current period, however, has been ...
Outermost regions of the EU: A stronger and renewed partnership
The EU's outermost regions qualify for special treatment owing to structural difficulties, such as remoteness, difficult topography or economic dependence on a few products, which can severely hamper their development. Specific support mechanisms exist under cohesion, agricultural and fisheries policies, with the Commission outlining measures aimed at assisting outermost regions in its communications published in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Nevertheless, with the outermost regions continuing to face numerous ...
Sozialpolitische Steuerung in der Europäischen Union: Regelung komplexer Systeme
Während die wirtschaftspolitische Steuerung in der EU heute über einen regulierten zwingenden Rahmen durchgeführt wird, gibt es für die sozialpolitische Steuerung keinen vergleichbaren Rahmen. Die sozialpolitische Steuerung findet sich vor allem in den nicht zwingenden unregulierten Politikbereichen, es gelten jedoch auch einige zwingende politische Steuerungsmechanismen. Diese Veröffentlichung soll einen Überblick über die sozialen Aspekte der politischen Steuerung in der EU bieten. Sie enthält ...
Der Ausschuss der Regionen
Der Ausschuss der Regionen besteht aus 350 Mitgliedern, die die regionalen und lokalen Gebietskörperschaften der 28 Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union vertreten. Er gibt in den gemäß den Verträgen vorgesehenen Fällen obligatorischer Konsultation, fakultativer Konsultation und in eigener Initiative, wenn er dies für zweckdienlich erachtet, eine Stellungnahme ab. Seine Mitglieder sind an keine Weisungen gebunden. Sie üben ihre Tätigkeit unabhängig zum allgemeinen Wohl der Union aus.
Outermost regions of the EU: Towards a renewed strategy
The EU's outermost regions qualify for special treatment owing to structural difficulties, such as remoteness, difficult topography or economic dependence on a few products, which can severely hamper their development. Specific mechanisms exist under cohesion, agricultural and fisheries policies, with the Commission publishing a communication in 2012 setting out how it can work in partnership with the outermost regions and their respective countries to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy ...
Environmental Implementation Review
Launched by the European Commission in 2016, the Environmental Implementation Review (EIR) is aimed at providing an overview of how well Member States are implementing EU environmental law and at helping them if they are struggling. The Commission says that insufficient and uneven implementation causes damage to the environment and human health, and entails high costs. The EIR is a response to calls from the European Parliament and others to improve the situation and better integrate environmental ...
Discharge for 2014 budget – EU institutions other than the European Commission
On 27 and 28 April 2016, the European Parliament is scheduled to discuss and vote all the reports for the 2014 discharge procedure, including nine on the sections of the EU general budget covering EU institutions and bodies other than the Commission.