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Newsletter Winter 2000: What architecture for tomorrow’s Europe? The Regions of Europe prepare

1 December, 2000 By Editor

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  • What architecture for tomorrow’s Europe? The Regions of Europe prepare
  • Key terms: proximity, subsidiarity, simplicity
  • Portrait A woman at the head of the AER! Liese Prokop (Niederösterreich-AT)
  • The AER and Governance >Leading towards a position of the Regions of Europe
  • Enhance democracy “from the bottom up”
  • Respect for shared values
  • The protection of diversity in Europe
  • A more extensive role for the regions in the construction of Europe
  • A definition of the principle of subsidiarity within the Treaty
  • Delimitation of competences and clarification of responsibilities
  • Recognition of the value of regional Self-Government
  • Extension of the democratic basis of the European Parliament
  • Less EU standardisation
  • Reassertion of the role of the Committee of the Regions
  • Increased cooperation between those who govern
  • Improved communication and exchange

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Filed Under: Newsletters (before 2016) Tagged With: Democracy, Governance, Subsidiarity

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