Regions & Cities: The EU Agencies Race
EUobserver's 2017 Regions & Cities magazine takes a closer look at EU agencies and the benefits for cities and regions to host them. The UK leaving the EU has prompted a scramble for the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority among most of the remaining member states. But what makes a city competitive? Which cities stand a good chance to become the new hosts? And what do EU agencies bring to the local economy?
EUobserver's 2017 Regions & Cities magazine takes a closer look at EU agencies and the benefits for cities and regions to host them. The UK leaving the EU has prompted a scramble for the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority among most of the remaining member states. But what makes a city competitive? Which cities stand a good chance to become the new hosts? And what do EU agencies bring to the local economy?
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LESSONS LEARNED<br />
FROM CEPOL'S<br />
SOFT BREXIT<br />
A decision by <strong>The</strong>resa May, when she was home secretary, prompted the move<br />
of Cepol, the <strong>EU</strong>'s police academy, from Bramshill to Budapest. <strong>The</strong> decisionmaking<br />
was long, and the move offered some lessons.<br />
y ter aa<br />
<strong>The</strong>resa May has already presided over<br />
a Brexit. It was a small dress rehearsal<br />
for what is coming in March 2019, when<br />
the UK leaves the <strong>EU</strong>, and holds some<br />
valuable lessons for the real deal.<br />
May, during her time as home secretary, decided to sell<br />
the land in Bramshill where Cepol, the European Union<br />
Agency for Law Enforcement Training, was located,<br />
<br />
the continent.<br />
32 — REGIONS & CITIES OCTOBER 2017
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