Regions of Europe, Europe of Regions? Facts, interests and policies EU institutions and bodies
European European Council European European Heads of State or Government European ParliamentParliament and the Commission's President CommissionCommission 751 members • Political Guidelines maximum750 750 Members 2815 MembersMembers • Control, consultation and • Proposals for legal acts • Control, Consultation nd President of the •• Proposals for Legal Acts decision on legal acts • Execution of the Budget Co-Decision European Council • Execution of the Budget
Vice-President of the Commission CouncilCouncilofof the the EU EU High Representative for MinistersMinisters Foreign Affairs and ••DecisionDecisiononof legalLegalactsActs Security Policy
European Court European Central European Court of Justice Judges and 8 Advocates-General Bank of Auditors • Interpretation of EU law and • Control of Revenues and Expenditures of the EC/EU
European Economic and European Committee of the Regions Social Committee 350 members 350 members • Advice on EU law • Advice on EU law EU institutions/bodies and their staff Total: 53.520 (in 2017)
Committee of the Region 650 (1%) Economic and Social Committee 750 (1%) European Investment Bank 2,900 (5.4%) European Central Bank European Commission 2,500 (4.7%) 33,546 (61%) European Court of Auditors 900 (1.7%) European Court of Justice 2,168 (4.2%) Council of the EU 3,500 (6.5%)
44 EU agencies 6,000 staff European Parliament 7,606 (14%) EU and CoR agenda 2018-2020
D LV EE FI IT SV PL Elections AT SI BE DK CZ HU LU EP
th Election th 8 EP legislature 2014-2019 campaign 9 EP legislature 2019-24 European Commission 2015-19 European Commission 2019-24
Institutions EU Council President 2017-19 EU Council President 2019-21 EU27-UK negotiations: UK exits by 29/03/2019 White Paper, Future of Europe
May 2018: MFF post-2020 proposal and negotiations Policies June/July 2018: legislative proposals for post-2020 EU programmes
Political works, Future of Europe, MFF/EU programmes 2020+
CoR TF Subsidiarity
2017 2018 2019 2020 EU Presidencies EE BG AT RO FI HR DE
European Week of Regions and Cities, State of EU Regions and Cities address 8th CoR Summit of Regions and Cities Members of the CoR by size of national delegation The Political Groups of the CoR
To be Non aligned appointed The European Committee of Regions (CoR)
President Vice-President Cabinet Secretary-General 350 Members Conference of Cabinet 6 plenaries per year Presidents 5 Political Groups Bureau Secretariats Directorates
6 Commissions Members and plenaries. Legislative work I
Legislative work II Monitoring platforms Communication Human resources, finances Logistics (with EESC) Translation (with EESC)
Staff: 500 Output: 50 Opinions per year, Some 200 conferences/meetings How CoR opinions are made
European Com- Possible exchan- Discussion and Adoption of the Follow-up: mission proposal ge of views within adoption of draft opinion by the presentation of of a legal act or CoR Commission opinion by CoR CoR Plenary the opinion at EP or Council Commission Session conferences request or CoR and/or EP own initiative Committee meetings
From nomination of the rapporteur to adoption of the opinion: + about 18 2-9 months months
Impact assess- ment of CoR Rapporteur opinions (mostly CoR Commission prepares draft following the appoints a opinion and CoR rapporteur Publication and adoption of the member as consults contacts EP information of the legal act by rapporteur stakeholders rapporteur(s) EU institutions EP/Council) What is a region?
Regions at the level of NUTS 2 Population density
Inhabitants per km2, 2013
1 - 4
5 - 19
20 - 199
200 - 499
500 – 5000
> 5000
not inhabited
no data Settlement structures in Europe Life expectancy at regional level 2015, at birth in years
< 76
76 – 77
77 - 78
78 – 79
79 – 80
80 – 81
81 – 82
82 – 83
> 83
European Commission, DG REGIO, 2017 Population change
Crude rate of total population change in NUTS 3 regions, 2015
-6
-6 – 0
0 – +6
+6 – +12
> +12
Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2017 GDP at regional level
Average 2012-2014 in PPS EU-28 = 100
< 50
50 – 75
75 – 90
90 – 110
> 110
European Commission, DG REGIO, 2017 Regional GDP/head
Change of rates 2007-2015, in % EU 28 = 0
< -15
-15 - =< -5
-5 - < 0
0 < 5
5 - < 15
>= 15
no data
Eurostat 2017 Investment in innovation
Public and private investment in research and innovation 2014, in % of GDP
< 0.5
0.5 - 1
1 - 2
2 - 3
3 – 4
> = 4
no data
European Commission, DG REGIO, 2017 Expenditure and investment at sub-national level Regional employment rates
In % of population aged 16-64, 2016
< 65
65 – 70
70 – 75
75 – 80
> 80
European Commission, DG REGIO 2017 Regional youth unemployment rates
In % of labour force aged 15-24, 2016
< 10
10 – 20
20 – 30
30 – 40
40 – 50
> 50
no data
European Commission, DG REGIO 2017 The financial crisis of 2007/08 and regional resilience Year, in which GDP levels of 2007/08 were reached again crisis resistant: GDP increased annually
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
no clear pattern
GDP each year below pre-crisis level No data BBSR 2017 (forthcoming) Disposable income at regional level Absolute development between 2010 and 2013 in Purchase Power Consumption Standards (PPCS) per inhabitant
< - 1000
-1000 – -500
-500 – 0
0 – 500
500 – 1000
1000 – 1500
> 1500
no data At-risk-of-poverty rates
In % of labour force aged 15-24, 2015
< 10
10 – 20
20 – 30
30 – 40
40 – 50
no data
EU28 = 24.4
Nordregio, 2017 European Structural and Investment Funds
Billion Euro for regions 2014-2020 Trust in the EU, national governments, regional/local authorities
“Tend to trust”, in % 2008-2017
Regional/local authorities
European Union
National government
Standard Eurobarometer Quality of government in EU regions
Standard deviation 2017
< -1.75
-1.75 - -1.25
-1.25 - -0.75
-0.75 - -0.25
-0.25 – 0.25
0.25 – 0.75
0.75 – 1.25
< 1,25
European Commission, 7th Cohesion Report, 2017 Trust in the EU
Trust in the EU October 2015, in %
< = 30
30 – 40
40 - 50
50 - 60
> 60
Eurobarometer 427