%X The introductory chapter of the essay provides an overview of some fundamental issues and debates around the theory of social space. It discusses the dual nature of space (continuous and divided up at the same time), the consequent challenges of spatial division, and the relation of the region, a definitely social category, to the landscape, more attached to physical and environmental categories. Among the complex processes and ideas that have emerged since the transition in 1989-90, the paper analyses the career 'Europe of the Regions' made as concept, the illusions the concept brought into being, and how it has almost profoundly disappeared by now from the professional discourse. East Central Europe in general has made no considerable progress towards regional decentralisation, thus, a stronger competence of the regions in issues of control. Attachment to Europe and the European Union largely becomes manifest in a single issue, the willingness to gain support from EU funds and to distribute it, predominantly through centralised mechanisms. This feature is characteristic not only of the current regime of politics and control in Hungary, but of all countries in the Carpathian Basin. First priorities are to strengthen cohesion within the nation-states and to promote centralised mechanisms of control. A tanulmĂĄny bevezetĹ fejezete a tĂĄrsadalmi tĂŠrelmĂŠlet nĂŠhĂĄny alapvetĹ kĂŠrdĂŠsĂŠt, dilemmĂĄjĂĄt tekinti ĂĄt: a tĂŠr folytonossĂĄgĂĄnak ĂŠs osztottsĂĄgĂĄnak kettĹsĂŠgĂŠt, a tĂŠrfelosztĂĄsok ebbĹl fakadĂł nehĂŠzsĂŠgeit valamint a hatĂĄrozottan tĂĄrsadalmi tĂśltetĹą rĂŠgiĂł ĂŠs az erĹsebben a termĂŠszeti, kĂśrnyezeti elemekhez kĂśtĹdĹ tĂĄj fogalmĂĄt ĂŠs viszonyĂĄt. A rendszervĂĄltozĂĄs Ăłta eltelt idĹszak Ăśsszetett folyamatai, eszmerendszeri kĂśzĂźl ĂŠrtelmezi a âa rĂŠgiĂłk EurĂłpĂĄja" - gondolat hazai ĂŠletĂştjĂĄt, az ehhez kĂśtĹdĹ illĂşziĂłkat ĂŠs a fogalom lĂŠnyegĂŠben teljes eltĹąnĂŠsĂŠt a szakmai kĂśzbeszĂŠdbĹl. Kelet-KĂśzĂŠp-EurĂłpĂĄban lĂŠnyegĂŠben nem tĂśrtĂŠnet ĂŠrdemi elĹrelĂŠpĂŠs a terĂźleti decentralizĂĄciĂł, a tĂŠregysĂŠgek irĂĄnyĂtĂĄsi kompetenciĂĄinak erĹsĂśdĂŠse irĂĄnyĂĄba. E tĂŠrsĂŠgben az EurĂłpĂĄhoz (az EurĂłpai UniĂłhoz) valĂł tartozĂĄs, kĂśtĹdĂŠs lĂŠnyegĂŠben egyetlen momentumra szĂźkĂźl: a kĂśzĂśssĂŠgi tĂĄmogatĂĄsi forrĂĄsok megszerzĂŠsĂŠre ĂŠs ezek, jellemzĹen kĂśzpontilag vezĂŠrelt szĂŠtosztĂĄsĂĄra. Ez a jegy nem csak az aktuĂĄlis magyar irĂĄnyĂtĂĄsi-politikai szisztĂŠma sajĂĄtja, hanem a KĂĄrpĂĄt-medence orszĂĄgainak mindegyikĂŠrejellemzĹ: a (tĂśbbsĂŠgi) nemzetĂĄllami kohĂŠziĂł erĹsĂtĂŠse ĂŠs az ehhez kĂśtĹdĹ centralizĂĄlt irĂĄnyĂtĂĄs a privilegizĂĄlt szempont. %S KĂśzĂŠp-eurĂłpai MonogrĂĄfiĂĄk %K RegionĂĄlis politika - KĂĄrpĂĄt-medence %J Magyarok a KĂĄrpĂĄt-medencĂŠben 2. %D 2017 %L acta69763 %P 473-485 %O Bibliogr.: p. 483-485. ; ĂśsszefoglalĂĄs angol ĂŠs magyar nyelven %A Nemes Nagy JĂłzsef %V 16 %T FĂźstbe ment rĂŠgiĂłk?