The 27 will call for steps towards the creation of the Atlantic macroregion
The Heads of Government of the European Union will meet today in Brussels at the last summit of the year to provide financial assistance to Ukraine, but the draft conclusions contain a point of particular interest to the Basque Country, which will require the European Commission to create the Atlantic macroregion.
As EITB has learned, the 27 Member States will ask the European Commission to propose by June 2027 a strategy for the development of a macro-region in the Atlantic that would complement the Union's current territorial planning.
The Atlantic macro-region is a historic demand of the Basque Government and would consist of the regions of Portugal, France, Spain and Ireland, but could also include the territories of the United Kingdom and Canada, with the aim of promoting cross-border cooperation.
This commission to the European Commission would be the first formal steptowards its creation, which has not been implemented so far. In the European Union there are other macro-regions, such as the Mediterranean or the Baltic, and the Atlantic would be the next area to be put into operation with this model of cooperation.
The future strategies, common priorities and tractor projects would be at the heart of the project and would support investment, connectivity and reindustrialisation policies in the Atlantic regions, so that among the points that the 27 can adopt today is to give this mandate to the European Commission as an initial step towards the formation of the Atlantic macroregion.
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