The Future of Wales in Europe
Pages | 423-428 |
DOI | 10.3366/elr.2019.0580 |
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Date | 01 September 2019 |
Published date | 01 September 2019 |
Wales’ post-Brexit European strategy is currently under construction, as part of a wider international relations strategy, spearheaded by a new Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language, Eluned Morgan.
The European Union (“EU”) serves as a valuable political arena for sub-state actors, affording them possibilities of policy influence, capacity building, profile raising and partnership formation, outwith the structure of the Member State of which they are part. Whilst far from a “Europe of the Regions”, the raft of regional offices in Brussels is one indication of the hospitability of the wider European political system to the representation of sub-state interests. The UK is no exception, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland holding long-established outposts in Brussels, as the physical hub or “front door” for their European activity. This international relations activity of sub-states (known as paradiplomacy)
Whatever the nature of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, Europe will remain a crucial site for Wales, as part of its wider international activity.
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