Declaration of the Brussels Convention on Nations and Regions in the Governance of Europe
Cataloguing Data
Period / Epoch
9 November 2000
Original title
Declaration of Brussels on nations and regions in the governance of Europe
Description
Not all contemporary European states are ‘nations’. Some are composite entities made up of several nations. These internal nations are sometimes called ‘stateless nations’ (or component nations and nationalities, federated states, autonomous communities, regions). EFA-DPPE assembles political parties involved in the quest for enhanced selfgovernment for our stateless nations.
Original language
English
Date
9 Nov 2000
EFA-DPPE proposes that, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle and the political and national diversity of the European Union and as outlined in the resolution of the European Parliament of 26 October 2000 on better lawmaking, the amendments made to the Treaties should specifically include recognition of, and respect for, the political and legislative powers of the Member States’ internal political units (component nations and nationalities, federated states, autonomous communities, regions) in their executive, legislative and judicial relations with the EU institutions.