ABSTRACT

This article analyses how the transnational city network Eurocities engages in EU policies on migration and integration. Eurocities stands out from other cases through its autonomy and its clear objective to influence EU policies. To understand how the network operates as a policy entrepreneur, we analyse how cities and the Brussels-based secretariat collaborated in shaping the network’s positions on migration and asylum – from the launch of the work on this dossier in 2001 to the ‘Solidarity Cities’ campaign in 2016. During this period, Eurocities’ agenda developed, to some extent opportunistically, driven by institutional and thematic interests. We find that it had the highest impact during the refugee reception crisis, when the secretariat’s facilitation work, technical exchanges between city representatives and the activism of local politicians converged creating a common narrative on how to tackle the crisis from a city-centred angle.

摘要

本文分析了跨国城市网络 Eurocities 如何参与欧盟的移民和融合政策。Eurocities 凭借其自主性和影响欧盟政策的明确目标从其他案例中脱颖而出。为了了解该网络如何作为政策企业家运作，我们分析了城市和布鲁塞尔秘书处如何合作塑造该网络在移民和庇护问题上的立场——从 2001 年启动该档案工作到“团结城市”运动2016 年。在此期间，欧洲城市的议程在某种程度上是机会主义的，受机构和主题利益的驱动。我们发现它在难民接收危机期间影响最大​​，当时秘书处的便利工作，