Reviving the EU project: from values to new territorial development models

Aim of this paper is to deep into relationships among Spatial Planning, Territorial Cohesion (as goal and policy) and values behind the EU Project. EU territories, cultures and histories, can play a very distinctive role in order to re-positioning EU as a social and political model of reference at global scale. Within the current 'new big transition' (ecological, economic, social, urban, feminist, democratic ... ) territorial dimension and policies play a key role defining futures in : new economic development model, new spatial models/trends, new geopolitics (both at internal and external - EU in the World- level). By combining efficiently from local to EU levels trough cooperation and multilevel coordination is the way to reinforce territorial cohesion as valid altemative for a renewed and strengthened EU project. It becomes a strong differential EU trait instead of genera l­global trends based on traditional modern State's organization and carbonic economic development models. global trends based on traditional modern State's organization and carbonic economic development models. However, since recent global crisis, national interests and reinforced cooperations (Intergovernmental Method) seems to win place against Community one. Against these trends more territorial intelligence, and alliances among territories, is needed. Spatial planning, this time more clearly related to new / renewed development models (green and blue) and new territorial govemance routines (postmodem states), remains a useful tool for a more intelligent, fear and coherent development and for territorial and social cohesion ; as a basis for the future of the EU project