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Articles in this set

• Onwards and upwards

  Europe may be a very urbanised continent, but cities have had relatively little say on EU policy. They, and the Commission, want that to change.
  

• Searching for the best way to put cities at the heart of EU policymaking

  The EU wants to forge a stronger partnership with major European cities.
  

• Reinventing the European city

  Europe's cities will have to work together if they are to overcome their ‘triple challenge'.
  

• Commission's urban agenda

  The EU's regional policy commissioner wants a share of development funding to be given to cities.
  

• Go with the flow

  Moving people around in cities that are increasingly congested has become one of the main challenges for urban planners.
  

• Feeling the heat

  The energy intensity of city living can be cut by efficiency requirements for buildings and by combined heat and power.
  

• Divided and unequal

  The EU has taken on a bigger role in tackling urban segregation.
  

• Shrinking cities

  Looking at cities in decline and efforts to revive them.
  

• City trash

  Cities face a challenge coping with new waste-management rules.
  

European cities

Europe may be a very urbanised continent, but cities have had relatively little say on EU policy. They, and the Commission, want that to change.

 

Feeling the heat

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