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| Doc. 13365
| 11 December 2013
Europe must be based on economically viable regions - Effective local self-government for member States
Signatories: Mr Axel E. FISCHER,
Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Levan BERDZENISHVILI,
Georgia, ALDE ; Mr Fernand BODEN,
Luxembourg, EPP/CD ; Mr Márton BRAUN,
Hungary, EPP/CD ; Ms Svetislava BULAJIĆ,
Serbia, ALDE ; Ms Sylvia CANEL,
Germany, ALDE ; Mr Paolo CORSINI,
Italy, SOC ; Mr David DAVIES,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Jim DOBBIN,
United Kingdom, SOC ; - Alexander [The Earl of] DUNDEE,
United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Gábor HARANGOZÓ,
Hungary, SOC ; Mr Rafael HUSEYNOV,
Azerbaijan, ALDE ; Mr Ögmundur JÓNASSON,
Iceland, UEL ; Mr Ferenc KALMÁR,
Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Igor KOLMAN,
Croatia, ALDE ; Sir Alan MEALE,
United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr José MENDES BOTA,
Portugal, EPP/CD ; Mr Ángel PINTADO,
Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr John PRESCOTT,
United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Gabino PUCHE,
Spain, EPP/CD ; Ms Maria de Belém ROSEIRA,
Portugal, SOC ; Ms Marlene RUPPRECHT,
Germany, SOC ; Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN,
Armenia, SOC ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH,
Austria, SOC ; Mr Valeriy SUDARENKOV,
Russian Federation, SOC ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ,
Spain, ALDE
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.Effective local self-Government has proved to be one of the
best instruments for good governance at local and regional level
in a number of European countries.
When a region is constituted by aggregating existing smaller
units or by reforming the existing territorial units, it should
be in line with the criteria laid down by the Council of Europe
and by the European Union.
In some Council of Europe member States, the existing regions
are not based on a realistic economic substructure or do not comply
with the European Union required criteria. Their boundaries are
often artificial because their creation is resulting mainly from
political considerations. Consequently, the population concerned
suffers from disadvantages in their daily life and may see their
cultural value affected.
The Parliamentary Assembly should look into this matter and
make concrete suggestions for a reasonable design or re-design of
a region.