Is European Policy European? The Political Case

摘要: This chapter explores the four case study regions’ political administrative elite’s role in building a European identity through respective policy. It assesses whether elites intend to design identity-related policies or purely economy-related policies. After studying scope and objectives of EU engagement Chap. 3 regional characteristics features that influence 2, this sheds new light on decision-makers within directorates—do these driving forces aim build an ever closer Union are they motivated by other sentiments? Implications elites’ decisions discussed, particularly those South West England citizens’ vote leave Union. The findings based semi-structured interviews with from regions.