Improving European Union Regional Policy by Learning from the Past in View of Enlargement

Panayotis Getimis

European Planning Studies, 2003, vol. 11, issue 1, 77-87

Abstract: This paper raises questions of centralisation versus decentralisation in European Union policy making, especially regarding regional policy. Shifts towards multi-level governance in the 1990s increased the partnership principle with sub-national governments. However, while regional disparities between countries has lessened, that between regions on some measures has increased. This will undoubtedly be an increasing feature in the context of EU enlargement. A history of centralisation in many such countries makes development of intermediary networks and institutions imperative if regional disparities are, again, to be reduced.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1080/09654310303662

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