This paper discusses the road accessibility for European cities and regions over the period 1955-2012. For this period a historical database of European roads networks has been constructed covering all EU27 countries. This database enables to evaluate to what extent EU infrastructure policy has...

In her speech at the 2016 Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May promised to make Britain, once again, 'a sovereign and independent country'. The goal is ambitious. By withdrawing from EU supranational integration, May expects the UK to regain the freedom traditionally enjoyed by nation...