According to the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), 60-70 percent of the issues on the average regional or local Council agenda is directly or indirectly influenced by EU legislation.
Therefore, it's important for the region to monitor EU policies, pay attention to European proposals and try to influence them. In the left menu you find Region Västra Götaland’s responses to European consultations, and on the right are a number of useful European links.