The Main Challenges of the Eu Regional Policy
Analysis of European Union 2011
Explain the main challenges of the EU regional policy in the near future.
Contents : Introduction 1
I- The basic objectives of the EU regional policy. 2
1-Principles and Priorities of EU Regional Policy 2
2-Establishment of this policy 3
II- The new challenges for the future. 4
1-New challenges with the last enlargement. 4
2-“Region 2020” analysis 5
Conclusion 6
Bibliography: 7
Introduction
Before the enlargement of European Union, the problems regions were:
-Historically, the classical problem region is one characterised by dying industries such as coal mining, shipbuilding, textiles and the steel industry. In Western Europe, some examples of such regions are North Eastern England, Central Scotland, Northern France and Northwest Spain.
-At the other end of the spectrum we have the poor agricultural regions. Here, some examples would be North Eastern Portugal and part of Southern Italy.
-A somewhat different problem region would be one with a poor infrastructure such as road and communications, for example. Before Ireland 's membership of the old EEC, much of its infrastructure would have fallen into this category.
-Quite different from three preceding cases, we have a totally different problem region, the megalopolis. Although not a poor region, the Randstad in the Netherlands could fall into this category. Somewhat similar is the case of a capital city, which drains many of a country 's resources and cultural amenities. Here, surprisingly maybe, the most notorious example is that of Athens in Greece, but London, Madrid and Paris are also important examples. In the specific case of France, in the 1950s, a French civil servant wrote of “Paris and the French Desert”. In the contrast, Germany with its important regional capitals does not experience this problem.
But now, all changed and there are a new challenge for the regional
Explain the main challenges of the EU regional policy in the near future.
Contents : Introduction 1
I- The basic objectives of the EU regional policy. 2
1-Principles and Priorities of EU Regional Policy 2
2-Establishment of this policy 3
II- The new challenges for the future. 4
1-New challenges with the last enlargement. 4
2-“Region 2020” analysis 5
Conclusion 6
Bibliography: 7
Introduction
Before the enlargement of European Union, the problems regions were:
-Historically, the classical problem region is one characterised by dying industries such as coal mining, shipbuilding, textiles and the steel industry. In Western Europe, some examples of such regions are North Eastern England, Central Scotland, Northern France and Northwest Spain.
-At the other end of the spectrum we have the poor agricultural regions. Here, some examples would be North Eastern Portugal and part of Southern Italy.
-A somewhat different problem region would be one with a poor infrastructure such as road and communications, for example. Before Ireland 's membership of the old EEC, much of its infrastructure would have fallen into this category.
-Quite different from three preceding cases, we have a totally different problem region, the megalopolis. Although not a poor region, the Randstad in the Netherlands could fall into this category. Somewhat similar is the case of a capital city, which drains many of a country 's resources and cultural amenities. Here, surprisingly maybe, the most notorious example is that of Athens in Greece, but London, Madrid and Paris are also important examples. In the specific case of France, in the 1950s, a French civil servant wrote of “Paris and the French Desert”. In the contrast, Germany with its important regional capitals does not experience this problem.
But now, all changed and there are a new challenge for the regional
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