Regional Focus: Metropolitan regions in the EU
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24 June 2019
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The European Commission Directorate-General for Regional Policy has published the third edition of 'Regional Focus' (a series of short papers on regional research and indicators).
This latest paper analyses the 258 metropolitan regions (urban agglomerations of more than 250 000 inhabitants) to see whether the EU is becoming more metropolitan, and to look at reasons why some of these 'metro' regions grow fast? The indications show that, overall, the population and GDP share in the metro regions have not increased significantly since 2000. Some of the least developed EU countries, however, did experience a shift in economic activities to their metros, in particular to the capitals. Read more:
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