Los espacios transfronterizos europeos: ¿un objeto geográfico de difícil definición? Una aproximación desde la perspectiva de los soft spaces = European cross-border spaces: a difficult to define geographic object? An approach from the perspective of soft spaces
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This text proposes a vision of cross-border spaces from the perspective of soft spaces in
relation to territorial planning. In doing so, we aim to achieve a much more realistic interpretation of cross-border areas, as well as the dynamics that occur in them. The article also
examines cross-border cooperation in Europe from its origins to the present. Starting with
a definition of phases coinciding with other authors, the article concludes with the proposal
of a last one initiated in 2008, which is characterized by the tension between forces that
call for the recovery of the border and the sovereignty of the states and those who, on the
contrary, advocate recovering the idea of European integration lost in the last decade; that
is, a tension between the transboundary soft spaces and an emerging rebordering