The European Commission would seem to favour a transnational approach to territorial cooperation in maritime affairs, moving away from any form of cross-border territorial cooperation, according to a provisional version of the new regulation on European territorial cooperation, a copy of which was obtained by EUROPE on Friday 18 May.
The fears of a number of regions of the demise of cross-border territorial cooperation in maritime affairs (see EUROPE 12004 and 12017) would thus be confirmed,...