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A white paper on multilevel governance
Le Courrier des Maires, 19 June
“The Committee [of the Regions] wants to open a debate on the distribution of competences between the EU, states and territories and the best way of involving territorial authorities in the formulation and implementation of Community policies…”

Cross Border Cooperation for Dynamic Labour Markets
Swedish presidency of the European Union, www.se2009.eu
”A conference will be held [on 1 and 2 July in Kiruna (Sweden)] on the theme of how cross-border cooperation between public employment services, companies and education providers creates good conditions for job-seekers to move between countries and for employers to find competent labour…”

Lille in 2020 - The vision of politicians and decision-makers
Le Point, 4 June
“The Lille metropolis dreams of being the capital of a vast French-Belgian conurbation…”

Saint-Louis/ETB management committee – 2020 development strategy
Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, 12 June
“Meeting in St-Louis under the chairmanship of MP and mayor Jean Ueberschlag, the management committee of the Basle Trinational Eurodistrict (ETB) defined its 2020 development strategy. It also examined the feasibility of setting up a microproject fund…”

Border worker flows in Geneva decrease with the crisis
La Tribune de Genève, 17 June
“The number of border workers active in Switzerland, which has shown strong and constant growth for several years, is experiencing the economic slowdown head-on…”

Green light from German MPs for a bridge linking Germany and Denmark
AFP, 19 June
“German MPs in the Bundestag have given their green light for the construction of a giant road and rail bridge linking Germany and Denmark over the Fehmarn strait in the Baltic Sea…”

Source: Cross-border news, No. 51, June 2009