The Spanish bordering areas in Europe: from Interreg to the European territorial cooperation
The EU-funded program INTERREG was designed to avoid the national
boundaries to be an obstacle nor to the balanced territorial development nor to
the integration of the European territory. Besides, its aim was an integrated action
for the economic development and economic and social cohesion. This initiative has
been quite relevant for Spain, which has become one of the most to benefit from European
Territorial Policy and, in particular, from the cross-border and trans-national
policy. From 2007 onwards, it has been established a new legal framework for the EU-Cohesion Policy, in which the Interregional Cooperation reaches a higher legal
level and in which the Spanish bordering areas will keep on benefiting from financial
support.
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