Regional participation in the EU’s decision making process has increased significantly. But we are still far from a 'Europe of the Regions'

In its early days, the European Union had a tendency towards ‘regional blindness’, with there being little representation for sub-state entities at EU-level. Nikos Skoutaris finds that with the growth of regionalization, federalization and devolution in countries like Italy, Belgium and the UK, the EU has gradually changed its own constitutional arrangements to allow some regions to play a greater part in the EU’s decision making processes.