EUROREGIONS – PATH TO ENSURE THE UNITY AND THE DIVERSITY OF EUROPE
EUROREGIONS – PATH TO ENSURE THE UNITY AND THE DIVERSITY OF EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: A Europe of regions may be seen and construed in a myriad of ways. This paper aims to demonstrate that Euroregions, this particular type of cross-border regions, stand for one of the effective means of supporting the European edifice. Regionalism is viewed not in the sense of fragmentation (“fragments of Europe”, as some authors state) but in an opposite manner, that of “gathering” the regions (in the sense of diminishing the various discrepancies) in order to smooth the way towards European integration. The authors lay emphasis on the elements that highlight the importance of Euroregions in the view of the European completion: a) they contribute to the diminishing of tensions and preservation of area stability; b) they play a role in the surpassing the negative historical heritage; c) they play a part in the surpassing of economic difficulties; d) they lead to the training of those countries aspiring to unite their destiny with the future of Europe, the European Union respectively.

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