Abstract

CAMPELO, Álvaro. Galicia and Portugal. A fruitful courtship. New strategies for a Euroregion and Eurocity identity. População e Sociedade [online]. 2023, n.40, pp.80-107.  Epub Jan 20, 2024. ISSN 0873-1861.  https://doi.org/10.52224/21845263/rev40a6.

The implementation of European policies at the regional level is realized through the creation of intervention mechanisms, specific organizations, and funding within Euroregions and Eurocities. The Galicia-Northern Portugal Euroregion, due to its historical and cultural characteristics, has been benefiting from these policies. In this paper, we aim to start from a shared political and cultural history between Galicia and Portugal, particularly at the border delimited by the Minho River, to see how this border experience serves, or not, as an affirmation of European citizenship. Around the concepts of Frontier/border and Euroregion, we analyze two case studies: the Agenda 2030 of the Cerveira-Tomiño Eurocity and the creation of the Galician-Portuguese Intangible Cultural Heritage Center. The goal is to explore the potential of a policy of proximity and participatory citizenship for a stronger assertion of European citizenship.

Keywords : Frontier; Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion; Cultural Identity; Intangible Cultural Heritage; European Citizenship..

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