[P2P-F] Autonomous regions Around Europe and the World ?

[Franco Carminati]

Dante,

I fail to understand the purpose of this message.

Franco

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On 28 Jun 2011, at 19:24, Dante-Gabryell Monson wrote:

> Other then Iceland - though Iceland is a country by itself - ,
>
> Where to go if and when the non democratically sovereign government  
> of the Treaty of Lisbon becomes increasingly powerful and/or  
> limiting potential for p2p alternatives ?
>
> Latest strengthening of its powers being economic ( example :  
> budgets need to be revised by the EU Council and Commission ).
>
> List of special status regions within EU :
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_their_relations_with_the_EU
>
>
> Aland : ( map )
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land
>
> Autonomy of Åland
>
> See also: Special member state territories and their relations with  
> the EU
> The autonomous status of the islands was affirmed by a decision made  
> by the League of Nations in 1921 following the Åland crisis. It was  
> reaffirmed within the treaty admitting Finland to the European  
> Union. By law, Åland is politically neutral and entirely  
> demilitarised, and residents are exempt from conscription to the  
> Finnish Defence Forces. The islands were granted extensive autonomy  
> by the Parliament of Finland in the Act on the Autonomy of Åland of  
> 1920, which was later replaced by new legislation by the same name  
> in 1951 and 1991.
> In connection with Finland's admission to the European Union, a  
> protocol was signed concerning the Åland Islands that stipulates,  
> among other things, that provisions of theEuropean Community Treaty  
> shall not force a change of the existing restrictions for foreigners  
> (i.e., persons who do not enjoy "home region rights" (hembygdsrätt)  
> in Åland) to acquire and hold real property or to provide certain  
> services, implying a recognition of a separate nationality.
>
>

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