This book explores the relationship between EU law and the member states' local and regional authorities. Through a survey of various areas of EU law, the book introduces two narratives of local and regional authorities in EU law. These narratives also point towards different conceptions of the European legal order itself.

• 1: The Outsider and Insider Narratives of SNAs in EU Law


• 2: SNAs in Times of European Integration


• 3: The Outsider Narrative


• 4: The Insider Narrative


• Conclusion

Michèle Finck is a fellow in law at the London School of Economics and a lecturer in EU law at Keble College, University of Oxford. She completed at doctorate at the University of Oxford in 2015 and was a visiting researcher at NYU School of Law in 2013-14. Her research explores the interaction between the law and demographic, socio-economic, cultural and technological change. She has previously published on EU law, climate change, human rights and voting rights and is currently working on a new research project that examines the platform economy from the perspective of EU law.