This tag is for all posts relating to the report on regionalisation.

Regionalisation in Germany: the advantages of a federal state

18 September, 2017 By Editor

Autonomous Länders Germany is a federal state, composed of 16 regions (Länder). The federal structure of 1949 was designed by representatives of the already existing Länder in the Parliamentarian Council ... Read More

Regionalisation in Hungary: once again a centralised country

10 September, 2017 By Editor

The Hungarian state has always been centralised throughout the 1000 years of its history. The county and the traditional administrative unit was born together with the kingdom, and served mostly ... Read More

Regionalisation in Ukraine: lead by local communities

4 September, 2017 By Editor

Centralised governance inherited from the Soviet times Ukraine is part of the Eastern Partnership, which is an initiative that enables closer political, economic and cultural relations among the EU, its ... Read More

The rise of regional electoral democracy

28 August, 2017 By Editor

Democratic governance in Europe has dramatically changed over the past four decades. The institutions of the European Union have accumulated important policy-making powers in areas such as the monetary and ... Read More

Regionalisation in Albania: a must for EU Accession

21 August, 2017 By Editor

Albania derives from a deeply centralised tradition of the pre-pluralist era. The transition from a centralised to a democratic system led to the inclusion of Albania in a comprehensive process ... Read More

Regionalisation in Luxembourg: municipalities reign, but are merging

16 August, 2017 By Editor

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, one of the world smallest countries, is located in North- Western Europe. It lost part of its territories to France (1659), Prussia (later Germany, 1815) ... Read More

Regionalisation in Latvia: narrow range of competencies, but space for change

7 August, 2017 By Editor

After the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, two levels of territorial division were introduced: there were 19 districts and more than 500 rural or cities municipalities. Self- ... Read More

Regionalisation in Croatia: established but uncertain

31 July, 2017 By Editor

Regionalisation process Croatia is a country that was developed on the contact of different geographical units (Adriatic – Dinaric – Pannonian area). The Croatian state, established in its first form ... Read More

Thinking the EU budget post 2020

24 July, 2017 By Editor

The need to consider the crucial role of European regions Discussions on the post 2020 EU budget will soon be launched. Debates on the future EU budget are traditionally animated. ... Read More

Regionalisation in France: developed, but incomplete

17 July, 2017 By Editor

French regionalisation, as developed as it may seem, is still incomplete. The phenomenon is surrounded by political controversies and marked by contradictory strategies. Decentralisation reforms, particularly the 2004 laws on ... Read More

The state of regionalisation in Romania

10 July, 2017 By Editor

Romanian administrative division into counties (judete) has been documented since the XIV century. In modern times, between 1918 and 1968, Romania’s administrative division suffered repeated changes. After World War II, ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Estonia

3 July, 2017 By Editor

The report gives an overview of the Estonian administrative system today and discusses the current administrative-territorial reform. Estonia is one of the smallest countries in the EU with a surface ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Malta

26 June, 2017 By Editor

Malta is a centralised state and the powers that have been delegated are those to the local government. Indeed today two levels of government exist at the central and local ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Brexit

19 June, 2017 By Editor

The Brexit dilemma: redrawing the map The vote to leave the European Union after over 40 years membership threw up some major challenges for the United Kingdom, not least for ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in Finland

12 June, 2017 By Editor

The article describes the Finnish regions from a number of different viewpoints. It delineates the overall politico-administrative architecture of Finland in order to place the regional councils in context. Thereafter ... Read More