The Constitutional Dimension of Interregional Cooperation in Europe with Reference to Italy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Law Faculty, University of Salerno, Italy

2 law department,social sciences faculty,PNU University,Tehran,Iran

Abstract

This essay is an introductory comparative study about the facts and available norms of interregionalcooperation in Europe with the focus on Italy legal system. Cross-border cooperation is a concertedprocess of building neighborly relationships between local stakeholders and authorities on eitherside of a border, with a view to overcoming such problems and fostering harmonious developmentof neighboring communities. Its success should be built on clear concrete objectives and thewillingness to cooperate. Cross-border co-operation does not entail conveying additional powersto border communities or authorities. Rather it is an efficient way for exercising local authoritypowers. Through cross- border co-operation, communities located in border areas may seek topromote the socio- economic development of the border area, develop economies of scale toprovide better services and widen cultural perspectives. Therefore, the capacities of Europe legaldocuments and programs in recent twenty years and  last version of Italy constitutional law willbe analysed .The main findings could be abstracted in 1.Interregional cooperation and Europeanintegration; 2.The normative and jurisprudential context for the international cooperation of theItalian Regions; 3. (Italian) Regions and Euro-Mediterranean partnership;4. Requirements ofItaly Constitutional Law for Interregional Cooperation.

Keywords

Main Subjects


Aguilera-Barchet B,A History of Western Public Law: Between Nation and State(Springer 2015).
Allegri MR,‘Cooperazione transnazionale fra enti sub statali: dalla Convenzione di Madrid al GECT’ (2009) 2 Le Regioni.
Berman HJ, Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition (Harvard University Press 1983).
Committee of the Regions, Procedure per la partecipazione delle autorità regionali e locali al processo europeo di policy mak-
ing nei vari Stati membri (Publications Office of the European Communities 2005).
Committee of the Regions, ‘Committee of the Regions’ <http://www.cor.europa.eu> accessed 11 June 2026.
E-DEN Platform, ‘Inter-Municipal Cooperation (IMC)’ <https://edenplatform.org/inter-municipal-cooperation-imc/> accessed
11 June 2026.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, ‘Italy’ <http://www.britannica.com/place/Italy> accessed 11 June 2026.
Lazzaro FM, ‘La cooperazione fra regioni comunitarie alla luce della riforma costituzionale italiana’ (2003) 2 Le istituzioni
del federalismo.
Loughlin M, Foundationsof Public Law (OUP 2010).
Napoli C, ‘Mezzogiorno e partenariato euro mediterraneo: sviluppo storico-istituzionale e cooperazione decentrata’ (2006)
Rivista giuridica del Mezzogiorno.
Oppenheimer A, The Relationship between European Community Law and National Law: The Cases (Lauterpacht Research
Centre for International Law 1994).
O’Higgins TF and others, Constitutional Adjudication in European Community and National Law (1992).
Pizzetti F, ‘Le autonomie locali e l’Europa’ (2002) 3 Le Regioni.
Rolla G, ‘Il principio unitario nei sistemi costituzionali a più livelli’ (2003) Le Regioni.
Weatherill S and Bernitz U (eds), The Role of Regions and Sub-National Actors in Europe (Hart Publishing 2005).