Macro-regional strategies across Europe

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Adotados on 18/02/2015
Referência
ECO/362-EESC-2014-02544-00-00-AC-TRA
Opinion Type
Own-initiative
Official Journal
OJ C 251, 31.7.2015, p. 1
Rapporteur
Etele BARÁTH
Civil Society Organisations - GR III
Hungary
Plenary session number
505
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Spatial Planning
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Key points:

 

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) believes:

  • that the macro-regional strategies can help improve economic competitiveness, give a much needed boost to GDP, and also increase European added value;
  • that the macro-regional strategies have an increasing role to play in the future of the EU;
  • therefore, that it is clearly necessary to develop macro-regional strategies at European level.

The EESC recommends:

  • that the European Council advocate the integration of macro-regional policy into the EU's governance structure and call for EU-wide guidelines to be drawn up with a view to defining a macro-regional development strategy to support economic and social development;
  • strengthening the European governance structure by involving civil society and municipal and regional authorities at each stage in the decision-making process, alongside the high-level coordination group made up of representatives of the 28 countries, which is responsible for macro-regional management.

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