Multilevel Governance (MLG) and Subsidiary Principle in White Paper of MLG of the Committee of the Regions (COR)

Horga, Ioan (2011): Multilevel Governance (MLG) and Subsidiary Principle in White Paper of MLG of the Committee of the Regions (COR). Published in: Regional and Cohesion Policy Insights into the role of the Partnership Principle in the New Policy Design (2011): pp. 158-165.

Abstract

This paper tries to review the relation between the MLG and Subsidiarity Principle as seen in the context of the debate over White Paper of Committee of the Region (CoR). First of all, the subsidiarity principle is part of the multilevel governance. Secondly, according to the subsidiarity principle, the political arenas could easily stay interconnected rather than nested, as stated by a major thesis of the multilevel governance paradigm. Finally, subsidiarity considered through the Lisbon Treaty seems to allow CoR become a genuine community institution, which seems to be a paradox considering that it has been conceived to prevent community institutions from blocking the competences of the Member States.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Multilevel Governance (MLG), Subsidiarity Principe (SP), White Paper of MLG (WPMLG) Committee of the Region (CoR), Lisbon Treaty.
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F53 - International Agreements and Observance ; International Organizations

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