Add to ORKGRegionalization and regionalisms in a bigger Europe: The issues in an East-West comparison In recent decades, the framework for analyzing regional issues has nearly always been based on empirical cases from western Europe. Three principal patterns can be distinguished: the ethno-territorial constructivist current of thought, the multi-level governance model and neoregionalism. But can they be generalized to a EU with 27 members? Does the bigger EU imply changing our grids for interpreting regional phenomena in Europe? After testing these theoretical west European patterns by applying them to eastern Europe, a series of variables is presented for restudying regionalism and regionalization in an enlarged Europe.Ces dernières décennies, les c...