Creating European Policy from a Regional Perspective – the Innovation of Transition Regions within the Regional Policy of the EU. Evidence from Saxony-Anhalt
No.2(2014)
Abstract
Keywords:
regional mobilization; multilevel governance; cohesion policy; transition regions
Looking from a regional perspective at the interests of regions and what they can and would do to achieve their goals, this paper analyzes the contribution made by regional politics to European policymaking processes by examining the activities of the German Land Saxony-Anhalt in a discussion of transition regions and transitional aid within European cohesion policy. Timing and the successful use of resources and available channels are elements in Saxony-Anhalt’s strategy for early mobilization and addressing its interests at the supranational level (that of the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions), as well as within intrastate channels (Europamininsterkonferenz, Bundesrat).
regional mobilization; multilevel governance; cohesion policy; transition regions
