The EU budget is indeed facing unprecedented challenges which may have profound impacts in the size and structure of the post-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF). One of the greatest challenges will be to handle the impact of Brexit on the EU budget's revenues. This is not only a...

This report explores the processes of decentralization and reform of local government currently underway in Ukraine. After a brief introduction in Part 1 laying out the objectives of the study and the scope of the work Part 2 presents an overview of the state of play of recent reforms...

Local and regional authorities (LRAs) deal in many ways with the range of subjects under the Energy Union strategic framework such as electricity market design, energy efficiency, energy performance of buildings and renewable energy. LRAs are key actors in the conception and implementation of EU...

The aim of this note is to provide the information necessary to prepare the Conference of the Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) report on the role of local and regional authorities (LRAs), which covers the field of energy efficiency in all 6 Eastern Partnership...

Citizens' rights: As an EU citizen, which you are if you are a national of an EU country, you benefit from specific rights under EU law, notably the right [A] to move and reside freely within the EU; [B] not to be discriminated against on the grounds of your nationality; [C] to vote and stand as...

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the European Union (EU) budget dedicated to rural development since 1993. Primarily, the funding of the rural development policy (RDP), originally through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and afterwards through the...

Within the context of the European Semester the EU Member States (MS) have delivered their National Reform Programmes (NRP) in April 20161. The programmes are based on the priorities defined by the European Commission (EC) in the Annual Growth Survey. According to the Committee of the Regions...

The overall objective of the study is a systematic analysis of problems faced by European border regions (and eventually other European regions) due to missing links in small scale infrastructures. This means that the study is limited to the physical transport infrastructure such as roads and...