Las regiones en la construcción de Europa

Abstract

The process of European regionalisation began with the regional policy and co-operation until it attained institutional recognition in the Committee of the Regions. The regions are political communities and cultural and political spaces. The European Union assumed the regions as areas of political decision and participation that are boosted by the principle of subsidiarity. The play an important role in the economic, social and territorial cohesion and, as the processes of decentralisation make headway within the States, they also play an important role in the formation of community will.