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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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2009

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The Integration Of European Union Borderlands: Polish Views On Cross-Border Mobility And Cooperation Across The Polish-German Border, Michelle Janet Brym Aug 2009

The Integration Of European Union Borderlands: Polish Views On Cross-Border Mobility And Cooperation Across The Polish-German Border, Michelle Janet Brym

Doctoral Dissertations

The transformation of the Polish-German border from a carefully monitored border to an open border with no restrictions on the cross-border mobility of individuals was complete with Poland's full membership in the Schengen Agreement in the fall of 2007. Meanwhile, funding from the European Union since the early 1990s has been supporting the development of projects that require collaboration between Polish and German borderlanders. A chief mechanism for this has been the zoning of border regions into so-called euro-regions, zones of cross-border cooperation, that by financially supporting projects that require collaboration across the border encourage Polish and German organizations …