„… , Austria held the rotating EU Council Presidency. The center-right government emphasized the principle of …” „… members of government and four delegates from the national parliament. As part of the delegation from the …” „… positioning towards the CoFoE, which is why we would expect less enthusiasm of the government in terms of …”

„… competences on the basis of the subsidiarity principle. • The State Government is committed to ensuring that …” „… at the EU level; • improving the influence of national parliaments, e.g. via a right to propose legis …” „… state government for the Conference. For Europe and for Baden-Württemberg the CoFoE was a great success …”

„… Westminster’s approach since Brexit has strained center-periphery relations due to this competence creep (UK …” „… ministers to exercise such powers, thus making the center’s competence ad hoc and inconsistent (ibid …” „… within its devolved competence. However, the UK government judi- cially challenged this proposal, and by …”

„… (Lobunets 2019: 85). Questions regarding center-local government relations began to arise between 1991–1996 …” „… , are also elected for five years. Sub-national government rests on a three-fold territorial division …” „… self-government bodies. The Representative became the highest-ranking official, exercising national executive …”

„… subnational governments) (Crescenzi et al. 2021). Even though their legislative and administrative competences …” „… by national governments. Based on the occurrence and intensity of intergovernmental coordination …” „… governments (e.g., Ethiopia, India, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Spain …”

„… closures is in the competence of the central government, even in federal countries. At the same time, these …” „… countries. Federal and subnational governments managed to coordinate their emergency responses to various …” „… support (Worsnop 2017). This almost automatic and reflex-like reaction of governments rather demonstrated …”

„… Recommendations of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to Romania, 1993-2001, Center for OSCE …” „… regions and national minorities. For instance, the development region ‘Center’ includes also the counties …” „… development of a complex system of legally binding instruments (e.g. treaties, conventions and agreements) and …”

„… recognized Roma as a national minority, a step which with its entitlements is generally considered as …” „… representation are based on implicit assumptions of what a national minority is and how it should function in the …” „… Research on National Minorities, the public institution the author works at. Thus, even less could they be …”

„… ) and center-left Socialist Worker‘s Party of Spain (PSOE) governments in the early 1980s.“ Even more …” „… service) on both levels of government, i.e. not only at the central government level, but also in the …” „… no-one who pays the piper. And so central government cannot insist on a copy of the national …”

„… they displace the old (socialist) local elites. e) The decision to move the seat of government from …” „… when it comes to the definition of competences and the political powers of single states. If necessary …” „… with the national unity idea behind unification. Unification and its consequences When Germany was …”

„… displacement, i.e. federalism as principle of territorial representation may develop into a Trojan horse for …” „… territorial interests of the Länder and not the party political ones of their respective governments …” „… polarized society. Education policy, for example, one of the most important competences of the Länder, had …”

„… defraud or falsify (by themselves or helping other parties) government property; (e) of extortion which …” „… officials. Corruption occurs in nearly all lines of government (from center to periphery and from top to …” „… division of competences amongst government agencies. As already described above, there are many agencies in …”

„… clear if civic education is abused as a means of democracy promotion – be it by the national government …” „… from an object of responsible government into a politically active subject. i.e., he or she is willing …” „… microstructures – e.g., polities, politics, and civil society – in political systems undergoing democratic …”

„… Indonesian democracy, e.g., law enforcement, corruption, fraud in local government elections, and the …” „… national government. The author expounds on the shadow of decentralization and revitalized village …” „… concludes that the current establishment of a national Peacekeeping Center designed to train and prepare …”

„… reputation and threatening Indonesia’s national interests and sovereignty. Therefore, the government decided …” „… competences in the enforcement of environmental policies, such as the drafting of national guidelines on …” „… of the central, provincial and district governments.67 The national government is given the sole …”