Multi-Level Politics and Europe: Regional Attitudes towards the rotating presidency after Lisbon
Reykjavik during the ECPR General Conference (25-27 August 2011)
Submit their paper through MyECPR by 1st February 2011.
The link to the paper proposal:
Panel details and abstract:
http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/Reykjavik/panel_details.asp?panelid=65
Section ID: 43
Section Title: Themes and Challenges to Multi-Level and Regional Politics
Panel: Multi-Level Politics and Europe: Regional Attitudes towards the rotating presidency after Lisbon
Panel Chair(s)
Name: Jorge Tuñón (jorgetn@gmail.com) - Panel Chair.
Institution: CARLOS III de Madrid, Universidad
Name: Regis Dandoy (rdandoy@ulb.ac.be) - Panel Co-Chair
Institution: Université Libre de BRUXELLES
Panel Discussant
Name: Simone Bunse (msbgsox@georgetown.edu)
Institution: GEORGETOWN University
Panel Abstract
The regions have a significant impact on the policies of the EU and are nowadays more and more included in the daily decision-making processes of the EU. The system of the rotating presidencies is in this regard another opportunity for the regions to exert some influence on the European (and in some extent national) policies. This panel intends to gather papers around the neglected analysis of the contributions of the regions to the various tasks, events and issues related to the presidencies of the European Union. The presidency constitutes also for some regions from federal or highly decentralised states a unique opportunity to put their specific issues on the political agenda and prioritize some domestic and regional issues at the EU level. The analysis of the various positions, means and repertoires of actions and even the coalition of (regional) actors can also teach us about the role played by the regional actors in today's EU policies. Paper proposals dealing with comparative across regions or countries but case studies are welcome.