| | "An ever closer Union" and now "united in diversity": can these
objectives of the European Union be achieved without taking
into due account the regional authorities?
Due to its heterogeneity, the regional dimension is still far from
being truly recognized in the evolving constitutional setting of
the EU, although increasingly involved in its system of multilevelgovernance.
But the important share in the burden of implementing
EU law within the Member States, the general tendency of
decentralization and regionalization (common to many Member
States) in line with the principle of subsidiarity, as well as the
safeguard of regional identities as part of the cultural diversity of
the Union which ought to be considered in the decision-making
process, require procedural and/or institutional devices.
Focussing on legal and institutional aspects, the book explores
the need and concrete possibilities of integrating the regional
variable into the institutional system of the EU, including a
critical evaluation of the outcome of the EU Convention in this
regard.
The book presents the results of a joint research project carried
out by the European Academy of Bolzano and the Trentino
Institute of Culture; it is of particular interest for (constitutional)
lawyers, political scientists, students of European Studies and
International Relations as well as for Civil servants dealing with
EU affairs.
Here you can order the book (pdf) |
