L’article établit également un principe de proximité, en vertu duquel les décisions doivent être prises aussi près que possible des citoyens, en impliquant le plus efficacement possible les administrations nationales et locales, de manière à rapprocher l’UE de ses citoyens.
Article also establishes a principle of proximity meaning that decisions must be taken as closely as possible to the citizens by involving national and local administrations as effectively as possible, so as to bring the EU closer to its citizens.