National Minority ‘Regions’ in the Enlarged European Union: Mobilizing for Third Level Politics?
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 44 pages, pdf Description: NMRs, whether kin-state related or independent, represent strong social forces in addition to representing antagonistic cultural forces. To avoid having to address a ‘culture deficit’ in terms of neglected sub-state identities, the EU may have to pay attention to NMRs seeking inclusion in the third level integration process. Indeed, European spaces have been created in which NMRs and aspiring regions interface with each other and with the institutions of the internal market economy. Networks, para-diplomacy and representation offices are the currency of these new spaces.