Cross-border cooperation in a tumultuous Europe Authors Martín Guillermo Ramírez Associació de Regions Frontereres Europees Juan Manuel Trillo Santamaría Universidade de Santiago de Compostela DOI: https://doi.org/10.2436/20.3000.02.69 Keywords: cooperació transfronterera, geografia política, coronavirus, integració europea, regió fronterera Abstract This article provides a study of the history of European cross-border cooperation, its most important features and several issues currently being debated. As such, it offers a brief overview of the origins of cross-border cooperation, which trace back to the reconstruction of Europe after the two World Wars. It then focuses on the measures adopted by the European Commission since 2017 in an effort to promote cooperation, following the ‘Cross-Border Review’. Thirdly, it analyses how cross-border cooperation was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which fostered policies aimed at bolstering state boundaries, leading to an increasing number of scholarly studies not only focused on cross-border cooperation but also falling within a broader debate in the field of border studies. Finally, we outline the strengths and weaknesses detected today, while also comparing European cross-border cooperation with the same phenomenon in other parts of the world. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) PDF Published 2024-01-08 Issue No. 13 (2023) Section Dossier License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On publishing articles to the journal Catalan Social Sciences Review (CSSR), authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Philosophy and Social Sciences Section (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles published in Catalan Social Sciences Review (CSSR).Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Philosophy and Social Sciences Section declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.Catalan Social Sciences Review (CSSR) is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
