In European politics, a Euroregion is a form of transnational co-operation structure between two (or more) territories located in different European countries. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Transnationalism is a Social movement grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between People all around the world and the loosening of boundaries between In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity (The Council of Europe-sponsored term "Euroregion" should not be confused with the European Union-sponsored term "region in Europe". The Council of Europe (Conseil de l'Europe is the oldest International organisation working towards European integration, being founded in 1949 The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The European Union created the Committee of the Regions to represent Regions of Europe as the layer of EU government administration directly below the nation-state )
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Scope
Euroregions usually do not correspond to any legislative or governmental institution, do not have direct political power, and their work is limited to the competencies of the local and regional authorities which constitute them. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. In Politics, authority ( Latin Auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to Potestas and Imperium They are usually arranged to promote common interests across the border and cooperate for the common good of the border populations.
Criteria for Euroregions
The Association of European Border Regions sets the following criteria for the identification of Euroregions: [1]
- An association of local and regional authorities on either side of the national border, sometimes with a parliamentary assembly;
- A transfrontier association with a permanent secretariat and a technical and administrative team with own resources;
- Of private law nature, based on non-profit-making associations or foundations on either side of the border in accordance with the respective national law in force;
- Of public law nature, based on inter-state agreements, dealing among other things, with the participation of territorial authorities.
It is difficult to associate one legal framework to the term "Euroregion", as they operate across country borders and vary widely in their particular forms.
Naming conventions
The naming convention for Euroregions is as varied as the forms of the regions themselves. The most common local names for a Euroregion include euregio, euregion, euroregion, eurorégion, euroregión, euroregione, europaregion, euroregiune, grande région, regio, conseil, or council.
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References
- ^ http://www.coe.int/T/E/Legal_Affairs/Local_and_regional_Democracy/Transfrontier_co-operation/Euroregions/2Definition.asp
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This is a list of Euroregions. The cooperating regions usually have different (local names in each participating Country. A eurodistrict is a European administrative entity that contains urban agglomerations which lie across the border between two or more states The European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC is a Community level cooperation instrument with Legal personality created on July 5th, 2006Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic