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The Western Balkan countries have emerged as a frontline in Russia's geopolitical confrontation with the West. While the Russian Federation has strong historical ties with the Western Balkans, and holds a certain soft-power attraction for the region, its influence and economic impact there are declining. Meanwhile, the EU and NATO presence in the region is advancing, and investment and aid from the EU-27 and other players, such as China, have been dwarfing Russian investment. Russia's 2022 invasion ...

On 9 February 2021, the European Commission and the High Representative adopted a joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council on a Renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood. On 19 April 2021, the Council endorsed the renewed partnership, which aims to 'address common challenges' and 'unlock the region's economic potential for the benefit of its people'. Parliament is expected to vote on a report on the joint communication during its September 2022 plenary session.

EPRS invites leading experts and commentators to share their thinking and insights on important features of the European Union as a political and economic system. In this paper, Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE), reflects on the distinctive characteristics of the EU as the world's leading exemplar of regional economic integration, and its unique experience since the 1950s in generating collective public goods for its Member States as a foundation for ...

The main objective of the territorial agenda is to strengthen territorial cohesion, an EU principle that seeks to ensure the balanced development of the EU and reduce its regional disparities. Agreed in May 2011 and the culmination of a process begun many years earlier with the European Spatial Development Perspective, the Territorial Agenda 2020 has recently been renewed with a view to establishing a continued role for this initiative within the EU's new cohesion policy framework beyond 2020. Aimed ...

The main objective of the territorial agenda is to strengthen territorial cohesion, an EU principle that seeks to ensure the balanced development of the EU and reduce its regional disparities. Agreed in May 2011 and the culmination of a process begun many years earlier with the European Spatial Development Perspective, the Territorial Agenda 2020 is currently being revised with a view to establishing a continued role for this initiative within the EU's new cohesion policy framework beyond 2020. Aimed ...

The United States' role in Central Asia

Kort sammanfattning 22-11-2017

Geographically distant and without historical ties to the region, the USA has never been a major player in Central Asia. However, both sides stand to gain from closer ties: for the USA, Central Asian countries are key partners in meeting security challenges; for Central Asia, benefits could include increased investment and reduced dependence on Russia and China, the two main regional powers.

Europeiskt territoriellt samarbete är det instrument inom sammanhållningspolitiken som används för att på ett gränsöverskridande sätt lösa problem och gemensamt utveckla olika geografiska områdens potential. Samarbetsinsatser stöds av Europeiska regionala utvecklingsfonden genom följande tre huvudkomponenter: gränsöverskridande samarbete, transnationellt samarbete och mellanregionalt samarbete.

De yttersta randområdena

Faktablad om EU 01-11-2017

Genom särskilda åtgärder stöder man utvecklingen i EU:s mest avlägsna områden, de så kallade yttersta randområdena. Dessa är: Guadeloupe, Franska Guyana, Réunion, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint-Martin (Frankrike), Azorerna och Madeira (Portugal) samt Kanarieöarna (Spanien). Syftet med detta stöd är att kompensera för de begränsningar som orsakas av dessa områdens avlägsna belägenhet.

Europeiska regionala utvecklingsfonden (Eruf) är ett av de viktigaste instrumenten för sammanhållningspolitiken. Dess syfte är att minska skillnaderna i utvecklingsnivåerna i de Europeiska regionerna och att minska underutvecklingen i de minst gynnade regionerna. Särskild uppmärksamhet riktas till regioner som lider av allvarliga och permanenta naturbetingade eller demografiska svårigheter, såsom de mycket glesbefolkade norra regionerna samt ö-, gräns- och bergsregioner.

Systemet med europeiska grupperingar för territoriellt samarbete inrättades för att underlätta gränsöverskridande, transnationellt och regionalt samarbete mellan medlemsstaterna och deras regionala och lokala myndigheter. Dessa grupperingar gör det möjligt för parterna att genomföra gemensamma projekt eller utbyta erfarenheter samt bättre samordna samhällsplaneringen.