European politics The politics of Europe deals with the continually evolving politics within the continent of Europe. It is a topic far more detailed than other continents due to a number of factors including the long history of nation states in the region as ...

, the term Euroregion usually refers to a transnational co-operation structure between two (or more) contiguous territories located in different

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

countries A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state (polity), state, nation, or other polity, political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, so ...

. Euroregions represent a specific type of

cross-border region A cross-border region is a territorial entity that is made of several local or regional authorities that are co-located yet belong to different nation states. Cross-border regions exist to take advantage of geographical conditions to strengthen th ...

Scope

Euroregions usually do not correspond to any

legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

al institution and do not have direct

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

power. Their work is limited to the competencies of the

local Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States * Local government, a form of public administration, usually the lowest tier of administrat ...

and regional authorities which constitute them. They are usually arranged to promote common interests across the border and to cooperate for the common good of the border populations.

Criteria

The

Association of European Border Regions The Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) is an organization of European regions and deals with cross-border cooperation in Europe and other continents. AEBR's main office is based in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Gronau (North Rhine-Westp ...

sets the following criteria for the identification of Euroregions:Council of Europe (date unknown). Local and Regional Democracy and Good Governance Website of the Council of Europe. Retrieved from http://www.coe.int/t/dgap/localdemocracy/Areas_of_Work/Transfrontier_Cooperation/Euroregions/What_is_en.asp. * an association of local and regional authorities on either side of the national border, sometimes with a parliamentary assembly * a transfrontier association with a permanent secretariat and a technical and administrative team with own resources * of

private law Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the ''jus commune'' that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations ( ...

nature, based on non-profit-making associations or foundations on either side of the border in accordance with the respective national law in force * of

public law Public law is the part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that are of direct ...

nature, based on inter-state agreements, dealing among other things, with the participation of territorial authorities It is difficult to associate one legal framework with the term "Euroregion", as they operate across country borders and vary widely in their particular forms.

Naming conventions

The naming convention for Euroregions is as varied as the forms of the regions themselves. The most common local names for a Euroregion include ''euregio'', ''euregion'', ''euroregion'', ''eurorégion'', ''euroregión'', ''euroregione'', ''euro-região'', , ''europaregion'', ''euroregiune'', ''grande région'', (), ''regio'', ''conseil'', or ''council''.

List of Euroregions

The cooperating regions usually have different (local) names in each participating

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the ...

. The regions are listed in alphabetical order of the corresponding English names. Listed are also the particular participating countries and the year the euroregion was founded.

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