MOT
Congress of Mayors addresses cross-border issues
December 2023For the first time in 105 editions, cross-border issues were discussed at the French Mayors' Congress, held in Paris on November 22nd.
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EUROPE
Watch the replay of the 14th Beyond Borders Breakfast Debate!
December 2023The 14th episode of the Beyond Borders: Breakfast Debate Series, organized by the Border Focal Point Network, held on November 9th 2023, focused on the future of EU border regions within the post-2027 Cohesion Policy.
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EUROPE
Castle talks 2023: "Resilience in times of crisis – Borderlands as zones of common laws ?"
December 2023From November 13th to 15th, the University of Strasbourg's Jean Monnet Franco-German Center of Excellence held its "Castle talks" in Strasbourg. Experts from Canada, Germany, the United States, Hungary and Poland attended the event, which also featured Jean Peyrony, Director General of the MOT.
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MOT
The MOT at the ITEM annual conference on mobility and infrastructure
December 2023MOT General Director, Jean Peyrony, spoke at ITEM's annual conference in The Hague on November 17, 2023.
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EDITO
"Territorializing housing policy"
November 2023MOT president Christian Dupessey, mayor of Annemasse, reflects on the issue of housing in border areas, following Minister Stanislas Guerini's announcement of a cost-of-living allowance for public servants affected by the real estate pressures associated with Switzerland's proximity. Read his editorial!
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EUROPE
The MOT at the Interreg Annual Event 2023: How to tackle post-2027 plans?
November 2023In Santiago, the Commission launched a consultation of citizens and stakeholders to discuss the future of territorial cooperation. A "toolkit" dedicated to the implementation of public consultations, to which the MOT contributed, was thus created by DG REGIO. It can now be consulted online.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Emmanuel Macron's state visit to Switzerland: cross-border issues at the heart of discussions
November 2023President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to Switzerland on November 15th and 16th, 2023, at the invitation of the Swiss Federal Council, put the spotlight on cross-border issues.
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TERRITORIES
Final committee for the MOT mission on the "Ardennes Cross-Border Strategy"
November 2023The French and Belgian members of the "Ardennes Cross-Border Strategy" (Stratégie de l'Ardenne Transfrontalière) met on November 9th, 2023 for a strategic committee meeting at the Convention Center in Vieilles-Forges (Ardennes).
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MOT
Discover the MOT's new FOCUS on resolving cross-border obstacles
November 2023With the proposal for a new European tool, the ECBM, now relaunched, the issue of cross-border obstacles is front and center. An opportunity for the MOT to publish a new FOCUS!
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MOT
ALCOTraité: a new project to support the French-Italian CCF
November 2023Just a few hours before the first meeting of the Quirinal Cross-Border Cooperation Committee (CCF), the Piedmont Region hosted the launch of the "ALCOTraité" Interreg project, which brings together the MOT and the five regions of the Franco-Italian "Alpine" cooperation area.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Kick-off for the Cross-Border Cooperation Committee between France and Italy
November 2023On October 31st, 2023, the Piedmontese capital hosted the inaugural meeting of the new Cross-Border Cooperation Committee (CCF), a result of the Quirinal Treaty signed two years ago between France and Italy.
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TERRITORIES
Discover the project of the month
November 2023To highlight concrete cross-border initiatives, the MOT publishes a new project sheet every month. Discover the project sheet for November, following the meeting of the network's "Cross-border ecological transition" working group.
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MOT
What could water management look like for cross-border watersheds?
November 2023On October 17th, 2023, the MOT network's "Cross-border ecological transition" working group held its 5th meeting. This was an opportunity to investigate issues linked to cross-border management of water resources in the context of climate change.
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TERRITORIES
What is the cross-border territorial vision for Greater Geneva?
November 2023In 2022, the Metropolitan Pole of the French Genevois, along with several of its partners in the Greater Geneva area, committed to developing a cross-border territorial vision.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Franco-German CCT meeting: "Less bureaucracy, more rail links"
November 2023This was the wish expressed by the Franco-German Cross-Border Cooperation Committee (CCT) at its second annual meeting on October 23rd, 2023, in Offenburg, chaired by the Secretaries of State for Europe and General Secretaries for Franco-German Cooperation, Anna Lührmann and Laurence Boone.
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EUROPE
ECBM relaunched at European level
October 2023Stalled for three years in the Council, the legislative proposal for a "mechanism to remove legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context", initiated by the European Commission, has now been relaunched. The Parliament asks the Commission to present a revised legislative proposal. The Commission has three months to respond.
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EUROPE
EURegionsWeek - Cross-border transformations in the world of (tele)work
October 2023Each year, the European Week of Regions and Cities brings together a diverse community of participants for the largest event in Brussels dedicated to cohesion policy. This year's event took place from October 9th to 12th. The MOT organized a workshop on cross-border teleworking and its impact on border regions.
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EUROPE
EURegionsWeek - Feedback on the "Cross-border living areas" workshop
October 2023This workshop, organized by the PAMINA Eurodistrict with the participation of the MOT, the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion and the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis, was held on October 11th as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities.
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MOT
Publication of Grande Région Guides on cross-border trade, with a contribution from MOT
October 2023Note a contribution from the MOT on the "SaarMoselle Trade Study: The importance of cooperation" conducted as part of the MORO project. More information on the MORO project.
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TERRITORIES
Greater Geneva: what is the French response to high living costs and real estate pressures?
October 2023Switzerland employs over 180,000 French cross-border commuters. Salaries are among the highest in Europe. This high level of attractiveness is having a major impact on the French side of the border, in areas such as Pays de Gex in Ain and Annemasse in Haute-Savoie, where salaries cannot keep up: high living costs, strong pressure on property prices, job vacancies in the public sector, etc. The consequences - which are not new - are numerous and complicated to resolve.
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TERRITORIES
How to solve the problems of access to medical care between France and Switzerland?
October 2023At the "Salon du Frontalier", organized by the Groupement transfrontalier européen (GTE), a round-table discussion on access to medical care in border areas led to lively exchanges between elected representatives and experts from both sides of the Franco-Swiss border.
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TERRITORIES
Strasbourg - Kehl: using industrial waste heat across the border, a one-of-a-kind project in Europe
October 2023The project to recover waste heat from the Badische Stahlwerke (BSW), Kehl's steelworks, is now entering its concrete phase.
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EUROPE
EU transport ministers highlight cross-border mobility with the Barcelona Declaration
October 2023The informal transport ministerial meeting held in Barcelona on September 22th, 2023 as part of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU concluded with the signing of the Barcelona Declaration: "a commitment to accessible, affordable and equitable mobility to promote social and territorial cohesion".
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TERRITORIES
French and German firefighters work together around the Rhine
October 2023With the signing of an agreement between Bas-Rhin and Rhineland-Palatinate on September 27th in Mulhouse, French and German firefighters can now work together throughout the cross-border area along the Rhine, in the event of fire or disaster.
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TERRITORIES
The IDEA Foundation’s anthology devotes a chapter to regional planning and cross-border cooperation in Luxembourg
October 2023In this collection, 22 authors from a wide range of backgrounds were invited to answer key questions to fuel debate in the run-up to Luxembourg's parliamentary elections in October 2023, and beyond, in order to shed light on the country's major challenges. An entire chapter is devoted to cross-border issues, with a contribution from Aurélien Biscaut, Secretary General of the MOT.
