European policies and metropolitan governance: an unresolved matter
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https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.v0i20.10489Keywords:
Metropolitan areas, institutions, urban policies, European UnionAbstract
European society is mostly urban. However, metropolitan areas do not enjoy political recognition at European level and, in most cases, neither at a national level. In this article we make a comparative analysis of metropolitan governance models in Europe based on four variables: the territorial fragmentation, the powers of a metropolitan nature, the sources of financing and the type of political representation. In most European countries there are no metropolitan governments with exclusive competences and fiscal autonomy, although the recent reforms in Italy, England and France are framed in a greater recognition of the metropolitan reality. The absence of strong metropolitan governments contrasts with the evolution of the design of European funds, in which the urban dimension of policies has gradually been included. Nevertheless, the management of European funds by metropolitan authorities is a minority option, which poses a challenge for metropolitan governance.
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