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Often isolated, and with generally poorer access to public services, the EU's border regions face a unique set of challenges. This has been recognised under Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which states that particular attention should be paid to cross border regions when developing action to strengthen the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion. Yet while the EU has provided significant support for these regions over the years, particularly within the framework ...

Une proposition de 2018 relative à un mécanisme transfrontalier européen a abordé les difficultés propres aux régions frontalières de l’Union, mais elle s’est enlisée du fait de désaccords au sein du Conseil. Le Parlement européen cherche à présent à relancer le dossier grâce à un rapport d’initiative législative. Lors de la session plénière de septembre 2023, il devrait débattre de la proposition de révision du mécanisme, sur la base d’un rapport de la commission du développement régional.

EU border regions encounter legal and administrative obstacles in their cooperation. Citizens and businesses face unequal access to public services and fewer economic opportunities. COVID has highlighted the urgent need to address the remaining cross-border obstacles and define a long-term vision for unleashing the potential of border regions to become the drivers of European cooperation. The study identifies three policy options: status quo, soft-law measures, and adopting a new instrument (ECBM ...

The pandemic led to unprecedented circumstances in the workplace, with millions of people having to work from their homes. With teleworking gradually becoming the new normal, the question is whether employees and employers are aware of and able to deal with potential tax consequences that can arise when employees occasionally work remotely from a country other than that in which their employer is based.

The number of border walls and fences worldwide has increased dramatically in recent decades. This also holds for the EU/Schengen area, which is currently surrounded or criss-crossed by 19 border or separation fences stretching for more than 2 000 kilometres (km). Between 2014 and 2022, the aggregate length of border fences at the EU's external borders and within the EU/Schengen area grew from 315 km to 2 048 km. Two main official reasons are put forward for building border fences: to prevent irregular ...

Often isolated, and with generally poorer access to public services, the EU's border regions face a unique set of challenges. This has been recognised under Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which provides that particular attention should be paid to cross-border regions when developing action to strengthen the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion. Yet while the EU has provided significant support over the years, particularly within the framework of European ...

The note summarises key results from a study prepared at reqest of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee. It concludes with a set of policy recommendations including the design of EU funding post-2020.

Le processus d'intégration européenne a redéfini la carte de l'Europe, changeant la donne des régions frontalières de l'Europe qui, de régions périphériques se sont muées en pôles de croissance potentiels. Leur développement a été stimulé par la coopération territoriale européenne, les GECT jouant un rôle de premier ordre dans cet exemple de réussite de l'UE. Un GECT permet aux entités de deux ou plusieurs États membres de coopérer au sein d'une structure commune dotée de la personnalité juridique ...

A complete study on inter-regional and trans-border cooperation, with institutional and pragmatic examples (elaborated by ARFE).