Alle an einem Strang? Zur Rolle von Identitäten und Stereotypen in der grenzüberschreitenden Kooperation

The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC): Towards a Supraregional Scale of Governance in the Greater Region SaarLorLux?

“…100 This contribution has concentrated on the potential opened by the EGTC and on the political interpretation of this new institutional room for manoeuvre. Some academic studies have investigated how various individual daily border crossing practices in the Greater Region (for work, 101 housing, shopping and culture 102 ) contribute to shaping a specific appropriation of the cross-border space and a sense of identity, 103 despite the limited visibility of its political construction. As conceptualised by Paasi, 104 the construction of a region is a complex, multifaceted process involving a wide range of actors.…”