TERRITORIES
The Grand Est Region's cross-border strategic orientations
January 2019In December, the Grand Est Region published a brochure setting out its strategic orientations in the area of cross-border cooperation.
News
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ETATS
State Visit between France and Belgium: advances for cross-border matters
December 2018On the occasion of the French president Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Belgium on 18 and 19 November, a declaration of intent on strengthening cooperation in matters of cross-border mobility and transport was signed by the two countries:
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TERRITORIES
Construction of Greater Geneva: disappointment on the French side
October 2018On 14 September the Swiss Government introduced its bill concerning the funding of “Third generation conurbation projects”.
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EUROPE
A study by the European Commission on "missing cross-border rail links"
July 2018The European Commission has published a report on the existing rail transport connections and the "missing links" on the EU's internal borders. It provides a comprehensive inventory of the 365 cross-border rail links which are underexploited or not exploited at all. In total, there are 176 missing rail links and, after consultation of the stakeholders and competent authorities, 48 of them – 9 of which are located along France's borders – were assessed as "potentially beneficial projects".
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TERRITORIES
The "Transfermuga" project receives the "Le Monde - Smart Cities" award
July 2018"Reducing inequalities and making urban life easier for everyone while respecting of the environment: these are the aims of the eight projects that have been selected as winners of the European competition "Le Monde - Smart Cities". The "Transfermuga" scheme in the Basque Country is one of these eight projects – well-deserved recognition for this European project that aims to "boost Franco-Spanish cooperation with respect to all modes of transport, thus reducing the dominance of individual car use".
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PUBLICATION
Special edition on cross-border issues and the ecological transition
June 2018The General Council on the Environment and Sustainable Development, which is responsible for advising the government in the different fields of competence of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition, has devoted a special edition of its magazine "Pour mémoire" to cross-border issues in the areas of transport, the environment and energy.
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TERRITORIES
Signature of an agreement at the French-Spanish border
May 2018The Pyrenees Haute-Garonne Community of Municipalities and the Aran Conselh Generau held a ceremony on 20 April in Fos to commemorate the 505th anniversary of the signing of the " Lies et Patseries" Treaty.
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TERRITORIES
TV programme "Avenue de l'Europe" devoted to cross-border workers
May 2018"They are French and live in France, but work on the other side of the border, in Italy, Switzerland or Germany. They are known as the 'transfrontaliers' [cross-border workers]… There are 500,000 of them – the highest number in Europe. But is there an entente cordiale between these French people and their neighbours?"
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ETATS
Agreements signed between France and Luxembourg
April 2018On 20 March 2018, at a summit meeting, France and Luxembourg signed four bilateral agreements, including one to strengthen cooperation with respect to cross-border transport. These are "a set of agreements that have a concrete impact on the daily lives of our citizens. Our objective is joint and equal financing of a number of transport infrastructures," explained the French Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe.
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TERRITORIES
"MMUST" to facilitate mobility within the Greater Region
March 2018The MMUST project (Multimodal model and scenarios for cross-border mobility) has just been approved by the Greater Region Interreg VA programme. It is an ambitious project that aims to simulate cross-border movements between France, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium.
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TERRITORIES
The Basel tram network extended to Saint-Louis!
February 2018On 10 December 2017, the elected representatives of the Basel trinational conurbation had the pleasure of opening tram line 3 linking the centre of Basel-Stadt (CH) to the railway station of Saint-Louis (F). With this tram line it is now possible to travel from Saint-Louis station to Basel city centre in under 15 minutes.
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FRANCE
Greater Geneva: 3 major infrastructure projects co-financed by the Swiss Confederation
September 2017On 19 June 2017, new conventions were signed between the President of the Council of State of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, François Longchamp, and the President of the Agglomeration community of Annemasse ,Christian Dupessey, enabling the Swiss Confederation’s participation in the financing of 3 Greater Geneva flagship projects, at a level of 26 million euros.
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MOT
2017 project files
September 2017Every year, the MOT publishes a dossier highlighting exemplary cross-border projects along French borders.
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TERRITORIES
A cross-border tramline once again links Strasbourg to Kehl
May 2017It was at 4.52 in the morning of 29 April 2017 that the first tram of Line D set off from Strasbourg in the direction of neighbouring Kehl, with the two cities now even more closely linked, within the framework of a project that has profoundly changed the urban landscape.
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EUROPE
Call for proposals regarding cross-border employment
May 2017The European Union's programme for employment and social innovation (EaSI) has launched a call for proposals regarding cross-border employment.
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TERRITORIES
The future of transport in the Mediterranean: the GEECCTT-ILES project
May 2017The project "Gestion Européenne Conjointe des Connexions et Transports pour les îles – GEECCTT-ILES" (Joint European Management of Connections and Transport for the Islands), which is aimed at creating transport links in the Western Mediterranean, has just been approved by the Interreg programme's monitoring committee.
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TERRITORIES
New projects for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarra Euroregion
April 2017On 6 March 2017, Navarra joined the Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Euskadi Euroregion. A new partnership that reinforces cooperation between the French and Spanish territories.
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EUROPE
Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on "missing links"
March 2017At its plenary session in February, the Committee of the Regions adopted an opinion entitled "Missing transport links in border regions".
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TERRITORIES
Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict: an interactive map for better services for citizens
March 2017In February, the Strasbourg-Ortenau put in place an online geographic information system (GIS) that provides citizens with information about daily life in the cross-border territory (schools, markets, charging points for electric cars, etc.).
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TERRITORIES
France and Germany will test autonomous vehicles in a cross-border area
February 2017France and Germany have announced for the end of March the setting up of a test zone between the two countries for experimenting on the road with connected and autonomous vehicles.
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FRANCE
Impact in border territories of the law on public security, in France
February 2017The vice-president of the MOT; Joël Giraud, member of parliament for Hautes-Alpes, is demanding special arrangements in border areas for authorisations for minors leaving the country.
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TERRITORIES
Kussbus – an innovative transport service aimed at cross-border workers in the Greater Region
January 2017Kussbus is a Luxembourg start-up which has just launched an innovative home-work shuttle service in the Luxembourg-France-Belgium-Germany border territory.
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TERRITORIES
Signature of the "Greater Geneva Territorial Project 2016-2030"
December 2016Nearly 200 people gathered on 8 December 2016 in Geneva for the signature of the "Greater Geneva Territorial Project 2016-2030", a third generation conurbation project: "We want to move from a financial rationale to a common political vision. We want to make Greater Geneva a collective, shared project that is led by the territory's citizens and stakeholders. We want to work towards the concrete and effective realisation of projects."
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TERRITORIES
5th Franco-Luxembourg intergovernmental commission (IGC)
December 2016The 5th Franco-Luxembourg intergovernmental commission (IGC) for the strengthening of cross-border cooperation was held on 21 November 2016 in Luxembourg, in the presence of Harlem Désir, Secretary of State for European Affairs (FR), and Corinne Cahen, Minister for the Greater Region (LU).
