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Changes in Governance Arrangements in the Field of Structural Funds in the Baltic States Due to the Financial Crisis

Since their accession to the EU in 2004 the Baltic States have been integrated into the multi-level system of the EU. A common assumption is that the inclusion of unitary states into the EU structure increases regionalisation or at least decentralisation. However, in the case of the Baltic countries, membership seemed to have strengthened the central states. Explanatory factors include the lack of historical roots and the absence of domestic veto-players who may have been able to promote stronger regionalisation within the states. The economic crisis reinforced the central tendencies in the Baltic States and thus further impaired the already weak system of multilevel governance. This is clearly illustrated by the Structural Funds policy.