Though the worst of the economic crisis seems to be behind us, the future of the EU is clouded by uncertainty as the UK's EU referendum looms and the search for an answer to the Greek question continues. For local and regional governments, austerity has become the norm rather than the exception and regional disparities continue to grow. This economic and political turbulence has fed Euroscepticism and last year's European elections demonstrated that citizens demand a different kind of Europe.…
