Regional disparities and Community policy

Ronnie Hall

Chapter 5 in Improving Economic and Social Cohesion in the European Community, 1994, pp 55-72 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Community’s interest in the regions and their disparities has its origins in the effort to increase economic and social cohesion. This is reflected in Article 130a of the Treaty of Rome amended by the Single Act, which for the first time explicitly incorporated the aim of economic and social cohesion, defined as promoting “the harmonious development of the Community and a reduction in disparities between the various regions and the backwardness of the least-favoured regions”. In the Treaty agreed by the European Council in Maastricht in December 1991 this aim was further strengthened, cohesion becoming one of the central “pillars” of the new European Union.

Keywords: Unemployment Rate; Social Cohesion; Regional Policy; Regional Disparity; Community Average (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23438-7_5

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