A Federalism of European Integration Through the Continuous and Constant Work of the Euroregions
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https://doi.org/10.47078/2025.2.207-224Keywords:
Euroregions, European federalism, economic cohesion, cohesion policy, cross-border cooperationAbstract
This study aims to analyse the economic, financial, and territorial cohesion policies of the cross-border regions of the European Union’s Member States. The European Union as an organisation, which includes targeted and well-manageable regulations, constitutes an important step in the integration of a federal model for the regions, which needs further attention and development to strengthen European borders. The ongoing process of reclassifying regions, which have a border nature in the Member States of the Union, into Euroregions, is a reality that has been continuing for many years. The organisations that are formed particularly in national borders defining the features that characterise and underline an important role in the process of European integration from the nineties to the present day. Moreover, this is an evolving topic particularly for the history of European integration. This study uses a method based on comparative, doctrinal, and jurisprudential material, that attempts to provide new ideas in the sector of evolution of the law of the Union.
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