The Contribution of Local and Regional Authorities to a ‘Good’ System of Governance within the EU

• Carlo Panara ^[1]
  1. [1] Liverpool John Moores University

     Liverpool John Moores University

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Maastricht journal of European and comparative law, ISSN 1023-263X, Vol. 23, Nº. 4, 2016, págs. 611-639
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1177/1023263x1602300404
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• Resumen

  • The participation of the local and regional authorities in EU processes should be promoted and enhanced by the EU, the Member States and the same local/regional authorities. These should perform a stronger role in the constitutional architecture of the EU. In this way they would contribute more effectively to a limited, balanced and legitimate system of governance based on constitutionalism within the EU. The participation of sub-national authorities in the EU reconciles European integration with the multi-level systems of governance of the Member States; strengthens the legitimacy of EU and national (EU-related) decisionmaking processes; and reinforces the legal limitation of the decision-making power of both Union institutions and national authorities.