ITEM Reflection: European Elections 2024 and Border Regions
Between 6 and 9 June, the elections for the European Parliament will be held. The elections are an important moment for the direction and future of the development of border regions and cross-border cooperation. Border regions are the living labs of EU integration, where both the positive and negative or missing elements of European cooperation […]
ITEM Reflection: House of Representatives elections from a cross-border perspective
Are the border regions in the picture? On Wednesday 22 November 2023, the Lower House elections will be held in the Netherlands. The future government and House of Representatives largely shape the cross-border policy pursued in the Netherlands. In the party programmes, the political parties formulate their plans for the future of the Netherlands, and […]
ITEM Reflection: House of Representatives elections from a cross-border perspective
Are the border regions in the picture? On Wednesday 22 November 2023, the Lower House elections will be held in the Netherlands. The future government and House of Representatives largely shape the cross-border policy pursued in the Netherlands. In the party programmes, the political parties formulate their plans for the future of the Netherlands, and […]
ITEM Reflection: Coalition agreements in border regions from a cross-border perspective
Following the Reflection on party programmes in the run-up to the Provincial Council elections and the ITEM Commentary after the election results, we have now also analysed the coalition agreements of the parties in the seven border provinces. ▶️ Download the Reflection The reflection and commentary concluded that cross-border cooperation played a modest role and […]
Towards the end of German housing (construction) subsidies?
More than ten years after the ECJ ruled that the German Eigenheimzulage was in breach of European law, the European Commission also started questioning its successor, the Baukindergeld. ITEM had previously concluded that the Baukindergeld was in breach of European law. We now await the conclusion of the European Commission, which had indicated that it […]
ITEM Comment: Results Provincial Elections
What do the shifts of parties in the Provincial Council mean for cross-border cooperation? How do the largest parties view cross-border cooperation? What advice can be given to the members of the States and, when forming a new provincial government, to the Provincial Executive? ITEM provides comments on these issues. ⇒ Read the article (only available […]
