Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?

The Gateway to Europe Eurocity European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (GEE EGTC), located in a low-density area of the Portuguese–Spanish border, serves as the case study for this research. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, the paper examines local perspectives on the Eurocity and cross-b...

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Autores: Vila Lage, Roberto, Amado Acedo, Alexander, Martín Jiménez, María Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46677
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Palabra clave:Eurocity
Cross-border cooperation
EGTC
Cross-border urban areas
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spelling Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?Vila Lage, RobertoAmado Acedo, AlexanderMartín Jiménez, María IsabelEurocityCross-border cooperationEGTCCross-border urban areasThe Gateway to Europe Eurocity European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (GEE EGTC), located in a low-density area of the Portuguese–Spanish border, serves as the case study for this research. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, the paper examines local perspectives on the Eurocity and cross-border cooperation. The findings reveal deep demographic and socio-economic challenges, particularly depopulation and the decline of border-related activities, alongside the persistence of symbolic and cultural ties that foster shared identity. While the GEE EGTC has so far remained largely inactive and disconnected from everyday life, the study highlights both the obstacles that hinder its implementation—such as political discontinuities, institutional fragmentation, and limited resources—and the opportunities to reshape cross-border cooperation through more bottom-up and multi-scalar approaches. These results contribute to the debate on the role and limitations of Eurocities in rural border contexts and invite further reflection on the need to adapt this concept beyond predominantly urban settings.Springer20262026-03-2620262026-03-26journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/46677reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023 PID2021-126922NB-C22 DE LA COOPERACION TRANSFRONTERIZA A LA INTERAUTONOMICA: RETOS Y OPORTUNIDADES PARA LA ORGANIZACION TERRITORIAL DE ESPAÑA. APRENDIZAJES EN LA FRONTERA HISPANO-PORTUGUESAopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:minerva_____::0ea6288160d6c754e4b9d55242f9c70a2026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
title Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
spellingShingle Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
Vila Lage, Roberto
Eurocity
Cross-border cooperation
EGTC
Cross-border urban areas
title_short Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
title_full Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
title_fullStr Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
title_full_unstemmed Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
title_sort Gateway to Europe Eurocity: a failed project of local cross-border cooperation on the Spain–Portugal Border?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vila Lage, Roberto
Amado Acedo, Alexander
Martín Jiménez, María Isabel
author Vila Lage, Roberto
author_facet Vila Lage, Roberto
Amado Acedo, Alexander
Martín Jiménez, María Isabel
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Martín Jiménez, María Isabel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Eurocity
Cross-border cooperation
EGTC
Cross-border urban areas
topic Eurocity
Cross-border cooperation
EGTC
Cross-border urban areas
description The Gateway to Europe Eurocity European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (GEE EGTC), located in a low-density area of the Portuguese–Spanish border, serves as the case study for this research. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, the paper examines local perspectives on the Eurocity and cross-border cooperation. The findings reveal deep demographic and socio-economic challenges, particularly depopulation and the decline of border-related activities, alongside the persistence of symbolic and cultural ties that foster shared identity. While the GEE EGTC has so far remained largely inactive and disconnected from everyday life, the study highlights both the obstacles that hinder its implementation—such as political discontinuities, institutional fragmentation, and limited resources—and the opportunities to reshape cross-border cooperation through more bottom-up and multi-scalar approaches. These results contribute to the debate on the role and limitations of Eurocities in rural border contexts and invite further reflection on the need to adapt this concept beyond predominantly urban settings.
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