The Issue of Border Regions in the Context of Deepening the European Integration Process

This paper is focused on development strategies of peripheral areas. In particular, the issue of integration effects on (internal) border regions after the completion of the internal European market is addressed. After a review of recent EC policies, it is claimed that there is an urgent need for the design and evaluation of active development strategies for former internal border areas. A case study on two Dutch (peripheral) border provinces is described to see how the indigenous development potential of such areas can be exploited as a strategic vehicle for enhancing their international competitiveness. A multiple criteria analysis is used to identify the most plausible and desirable development scenarios for these regions.

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European Integration Process: Where is Albania?

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2434587 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Merita Boka ◽

Giuseppe Torluccio

Keyword(s):

European Integration ◽

Integration Process

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Security Issues in Contemporary European Integration Process, Book review of Europolity, Continuity and Change in European Governance, vol.8, no.2 (New Series), Centre for European Studies, 2014, ISSN print 2344-2247, ISSN online 2344-2255, ISSN-L2344-2247

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3498175 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Anca Oltean

Keyword(s):

European Integration ◽

Integration Process ◽

European Studies ◽

Security Issues ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

European Governance

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Extraterritorial Bulk Surveillance after the German BND Act Judgment

European Constitutional Law Review ◽

10.1017/s1574019621000055 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Marcin Rojszczak

Keyword(s):

European Integration ◽

Fundamental Rights ◽

Effective Control ◽

Electronic Surveillance ◽

Integration Process ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Limited Usefulness

Foreign surveillance as a means of circumventing existing legal safeguards – Different perspectives on the problem of the extraterritorial application of fundamental rights in US and EU legal models – The limited usefulness of effective control tests for establishing the responsibility of states for action taken in cyberspace – Judgment of Bundesverfassungsgericht in the BND Act case as an interpretative guideline for the regulation of foreign surveillance in EU member states – Electronic surveillance as a threat to European integration process.

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A Small Member State and European Foreign Policy: Shaping or Taking? The Case of Belgium and the African Great Lakes

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy ◽

10.1163/187119108x367143 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 233-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Skander Nasra

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Member State ◽

Great Lakes ◽

European Integration ◽

Integration Process ◽

Policy System ◽

African Great Lakes ◽

Foreign Policies ◽

Small Member

AbstractThe European integration process has altered the conditions under which national foreign policies in Europe are made. Departing from this assumption, this article explores whether and under what conditions a small EU member state can influence European foreign policy. To this end, the role that Belgium has played in the construction of European foreign policy towards the African Great Lakes is examined. This article argues that a small EU member state can significantly influence European foreign policy, resulting in reinforcement of its national foreign policy. Yet this influence is conditioned by two intertwined factors: the nature of EU involvement; and the characteristics of the Union's foreign policy system. Depending on these elements, a small member state can supersede the quantifiable notion of 'smallness' and actively shape the construction of European foreign policy.

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The Radical Change of French Firms’ Financial Characteristics. Macroeconomic Consequences and Lessons for Political Economics / Die französische Finanzrevolution. Die Folgen für die Finanzstruktur der Unternehmen

Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik ◽

10.1515/jbnst-2001-5-607 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 221 (5-6) ◽

Author(s):

Sylvie Cieply

Keyword(s):

European Integration ◽

Financial System ◽

Financial Structure ◽

Radical Change ◽

Political Economics ◽

Point Of View ◽

Budget Deficits ◽

Integration Process ◽

Financial Characteristics

SummaryThe French financial system has undergone major changes in the last twenty years. Until the beginning of the eighties, the French financial system was a State credit based system. This system was overhauled in the mid eighties under the pressure of French budget deficits in the context of the European Integration process. The more visible consequence of this wave of reforms was the transformation of French firms’ financial structure and their relationships with banks. This article deals with this transformation. It elaborates on its consequences from a macroeconomic point of view and justifies new initiatives taken in France to promote the financing of small and medium sized enterprises.

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Encuesta sobre nación y supranacionalidad

Teoría y Realidad Constitucional ◽

10.5944/trc.47.2021.30706 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Benito Aláez Corral ◽

Paloma Biglino Campos ◽

Roberto Blanco Valdés ◽

Josep M.ª Castella Andreu ◽

Alberto López Basaguren ◽

...

Keyword(s):

European Integration ◽

Constitutional Law ◽

Historical Evolution ◽

Integration Process ◽

Nationalist Movements ◽

Spanish Constitution ◽

Law Professors

En esta encuesta un grupo de profesores de Derecho Constitucional contestan un conjunto de preguntas sobre el concepto de nación, el papel que ha desempeñado tal concepto en el desarrollo histórico del constitucionalismo y en el desarrollo de los movimientos nacionalistas, y la relación actual que mantiene con la idea de constitución; sobre el significado del término «nación» en la constitución española, y el del término «nacionalidades»; y, finalmente, sobre la idea de supranacionalidad que define el proceso de integración europea y su relación con el concepto de nación.In this academic survey a group of Constitutional Law Professors answer some questions about the concept of nation, its role in the historical evolution of constitutionalism and of nationalist movements, and its relation nowadays with the idea of constitution; about the meaning of the term «nation» in the Spanish constitution and of the term «nationalities»; and finally about the idea of supranationality that defines the European integration process and its relationship with the concept of nation.

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Current Challenges of European Integration - 12th Network Europe Conference, 9 – 10 November 2020

10.36862/eiz-406 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

André S. Berne ◽

Jelena Ceranic Perisic ◽

Viorel Cibotaru ◽

Alex de Ruyter ◽

Ivana Kunda ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Member State ◽

European Integration ◽

European Commission ◽

Majority Vote ◽

Integration Process ◽

Asylum Policy ◽

Massive Influx ◽

The Common ◽

First Time ◽

The Eu

Crises are not a new phenomenon in the context of European integration. Additional integration steps could often only be achieved under the pressure of crises. At present, however, the EU is characterised by multiple crises, so that the integration process as a whole is sometimes being questioned. In 2015, the crisis in the eurozone had escalated to such an extent that for the first time a member state was threatened to leave the eurozone. Furthermore, the massive influx of refugees into the EU has revealed the shortcomings of the Schengen area and the common asylum policy. Finally, with the majority vote of the British in the referendum of 23 June 2016 in favour of the Brexit, the withdrawal of a member state became a reality for the first time. Even in the words of the European Commission, the EU has reached a crossroads. Against this background, the twelfth Network Europe conference included talks on the numerous challenges and future integration scenarios in Europe.

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