European Border Regions in Comparison: The Cross-Border Cooperation in Basque Country – a Good Example for Bihor – Hajdú-Bihar Region?

The Cross-border cooperation constitutes one of the most tangible effects of European integration. The Basque Country, formed by territories of France and Spain is one of the Euroregions where the Social Economy and the Culture and Identity have played a crucial role in the development of o good and solid cooperation. Could this case be a good example for us? The aim of this article is to stress the most important instruments used by the Basque Country in order to cooperate across the borders and to make a comparison with the Bihor – Hajdu -Bihar Region. Is the Basque Country a lesson of cooperation for our living place, the Euroregion Bihor – Hajdu -Bihar? From another perspective, the two euro-regions mark points of view of cross-border cooperation at the borders of Europe, one at the Western Border and the other at the Eastern Border of the European Union.