The Influence of Local Government on European Decision-Making Ghent University
In recent decades, local government has become increasingly affected by European legislation in many of its policies and functions. At the same time, however, the EU offers new opportunities to promote and defend local interests, for instance by trying to influence decision-making processes at EU-level.
The aim of this research project is to probe into the bottom-up dimension of local-level Europeanisation, i.e. the regulatory ...