Tamara Espiñeira-Guirao

• Political Scientist. PhD Geography. MAS European Studies.
• Lecturer at Sciences Po Rennes

Since the approval of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, cities in the European Union (EU) use different approaches to acquire and maintain visibility and influence. EU mayors act in Brussels as ambassadors of their city, especially before the European Union institutions and bodies. EU cities can also request funding or get a label from the European Co...

¿Cales son as posibilidades que abre o Brexit para unha nova relación das entidades locais galegas coas británicas? A partir dos conceptos de traxe, garaxe e personaxe, este breve identifica algunhas liñas de acción.

Our research focuses on formal city-networks, (for instance, those that enjoy legal existence such as CAAC or a long experience such as FAIC) and on non formal multilateral networks. Both types have their own resources, their own institutions (General Assembly, Secretariat, Presidency...) and are currently in operation. Precisely, this report conce...

Which is the added-value of the international action of cities? Is this action legitimate? Our analysis proposes to invert the famous slogan and get local authorities to think local and act global. This reversed framework, that we may call “new urban diplomacy” focuses on governance and more specifically in the urban project, understood as the poli...

Cet article analyse les dynamiques de la gouvernance multiniveau dans l’Arc Atlantique, en se concentrant sur la stratégie de la Communauté autonome basque (CAB). En mobilisant les théories de la gouvernance multiniveau (Hooghe & Marks) et de l’aménagement souple (Faludi), l’étude examine comment la CAB utilise les instruments européens tels qu’INT...

Cet article examine la réélection présidentielle en Amérique latine à travers une analyse des cas de la Bolivie, du Honduras et du Salvador. Il explore comment les dirigeants de ces pays utilisent des arguments moraux et des interprétations juridiques pour justifier leur maintien au pouvoir, souvent en contradiction avec les principes démocratiques...

Greenland's international significance is growing in the global fight against climate change, the increasing recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples, and the exploitation of natural resources. As for those, the region is notorious for its fisheries sector. Moreover, it gathers 10% of global freshwater. Greenland ranks as the 3rd world’s res...

English Are European cities actors at EU level? Or are they limited to reacting to European opportunities? So far we have looked at cities as secondary subjects, whose initiative was limited to a predetermined framework (the Urban Acquis). Likewise, their transnational action seemed limited to large global metropolises, and even, in its thematic d...

La ciudad se ha convertido en la unidad de medida preferente para el estudio de la innovación, la transformación social y la acción política, también al nivel internacional. La arquitectura y el urbanismo, la comunicación y el liderazgo político, los movimientos sociales, los negocios y la economía, la transformación digital, la movilidad, el turis...

Contribution to the blog of the Regional Studies' Association

The Atlantic Arc : a raw macro-region ? The evolution of the European territorial cooperation has been translated into new instruments. These changes reflect a failure : the dispersion of structural funds and sectoral programmes has reduced the impact of policies on territorial development. As from 2009, it is in this context that two types of rein...

Response of the Atlantic Cities to the European Commission consultation on the contents of the future Urban Agenda.

Tras la petición en junio del Consejo Europeo a la Comisión Europea de sentar las bases para una Estrategia Marítima Integrada para el Espacio Atlántico, la Conferencia de Ciudades del Arco Atlántico se moviliza para definir las relaciones puerto-ciudad en este espacio. Se quiere definir la influencia de los puertos en el desarrollo del Espacio Atl...

Le projet ANATOLE met non seulement en avant le rôle primordial des villes dans le développement de l’espace atlantique, mais il révèle l’économie de proximité comme un outil indispensable pour conjuguer les trois axes de la durabilité : environnemental, économique et social, dans une approche éco-systémique de la croissance.

The Conference of Atlantic Arc cities sees itself reflected on the main themes targeted by the Communication, and it intends, in a bottom-up approach, to get hold of moments thus offered through the Atlantic Forums which will be put in place; in order to clarify the ambitions and lines of action that are susceptible of mobilizing the sectoral polic...

Cohesion policy must promote the adaptation of EU territories, favouring their development in a sustainable manner. As a basic instrument, it is worth highlighting the partnership between cities and citizens, which should impulse a bottom-up contribution towards European policies, as part of a democratic agreement, which facilitates an integrated d...

Contexto: De Copenhague a Cardiff Pese a las expectativas puestas en ella, la cumbre de Copenhague de 2009 no ha podido responder a los desafíos presentes en la mesa de negociaciones, aprobando simplemente un acuerdo de mínimos que resalta la necesidad de promover iniciativas que conduzcan a una limitación del aumento de la tem-peratura global a 2º...

In line with a demand formulated in 2008, supported by preliminary studies like the Atlantic Area Development Scheme and inspired by the examples of the Baltic Sea Strategy and the Strategy for the Danube region, the Atlantic cities, together with all other Atlantic stakeholders call for an integrated strategy to be drawn up specific to their geogr...

Ce mémoire, réalisé dans le cadre du D.E.S. Politique Européenne de l’Institut d’Etudes Européennes de Bruxelles - ULB (2002-2003) avait pour objectif d’élaborer un argumentaire autour de l’application du “critère politique” dans le cas de la Turquie. En effet, les critères établis en Copenhague en 1999 sont à l’origine du processus actuel d’adhési...