The Europe of cities

Rüdiger Kruse

A Soul for Europe
Jul 21, 2017 · 3 min read
Rüdiger Kruse (Photo: © Markus Renner)

The Europe of cities; wasn’t that the Hanseatic League?

And what was the Hanseatic League?

— An alliance of convenience.

What about the benefits resulting from Europe itself?

Opinions are formed in the cities.

Connections between countries are connections between cities.

Cities face similar challenges, regardless of the respective nation. For instance, integration succeeds or fails in cities.

A Europe of cities — why don’t we have it:

The EU should concentrate on a few important tasks and pursue the principle of subsidiarity: everything that can be governed by communities or countries themselves, without differences between regional regulations impeding or endangering the overall system, should be determined by these levels.



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