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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TERRITORIES
Annual seminar of Greater Region EURES advisers
January 2019On 7 December 2018 in Metz, the EURES Resource and Documentation Centre/Grand Est Cross-Border Workers hosted the annual seminar of EURES advisers in the Greater Region.
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TERRITORIES
Seminar on cross-border taxation
January 2019A seminar on the fair distribution of taxes and social security contributions in cross-border areas was held on 25 October in Geneva by the FEDRE Foundation and the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.
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PUBLICATION
Publication of the study: “Border Region Data Collection”
December 2018Following the Communication “Boosting growth and cohesion in EU border regions”, DG REGIO launched a pilot project focusing on the collection and availability of data necessary for studying cross-border territories. The study, carried out by eight national statistical institutes, including the French INSEE, has just been published. It focuses on indicators for analysis of the labour market. The results are promising and invite further research.
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TERRITORIES
A new guide for France-Luxembourg cross-border workers
November 2018This eighth edition, which runs to 160 pages, is aimed at French cross-border workers who work in Luxembourg. It gives an overview of the legislation in force, setting out the principal rules to which these workers are subject in the areas of labour law, social security and tax law.
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FRANCE
A new French law covers the posting of workers to cross-border regions
October 2018A new French law on the freedom to choose one’s professional future, adopted on 1 August 2018, introduced a simplified system of administrative procedures for employers located outside France that temporarily post workers to France. This substantial simplification of administrative procedures should in particular encourage the posting of workers within cross-border regions where people live collectively regardless of the national borders that cut across them.
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TERRITORIES
France-Switzerland: "Back to work for cross-border workers"
October 2018In a press release issued in September, the European Cross-Border Grouping provides updates on the major issues of the autumn for Franco-Swiss cross-border workers, such as the “national preference lite” introduced in Switzerland, the payment of cross-border workers’ unemployment benefit by Switzerland and taxing income at source.
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EUROPE
Reform of unemployment benefit for cross-border workers
July 2018On 21 June in Luxembourg, the 28 EU Employment Ministers adopted the revision of the regulation on the coordination of social security systems in the EU, which provides for reform of unemployment benefit for cross-border workers. Currently, cross-border workers pay into the unemployment benefit system of the country in which they are employed, but have their benefit paid by their country of residence when their contract comes to an end. This will be reversed under the reform.
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TERRITORIES
"Horizon 2035: le Transfrontalier dans tous ses états ?", a publication by AGAPE
July 2018This new issue of "InfObservatoire" sets out the cross-border forecasts of the North Lorraine Urban Planning Agency (AGAPE): "With 150,000 French cross-border workers in Luxembourg in 15 years and huge movement of goods, isn't it time […] to make the cross-border dimension a priority issue?"
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FRANCE
The cross-border dimension in the Territorial Observatory's annual report
July 2018The General Commission for Territorial Equality (CGET) has just published its 2017 annual report. An extensive chapter looks at the dynamics of cross-border employment. Border issues are also discussed in other sections of the report.
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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
Aquitaine-Euskadi: Boosting cross-border employment
March 2018A study, launched within the framework of a European project,* sets out a comprehensive assessment of cross-border employment in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarra Euroregion.
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PUBLICATION
Cross-border employment dynamics in Europe and France
December 2017The territorial observatory provides, in the form of factsheets, a set of analyses and an overview of the state of France's territories.
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FRANCE
10th anniversary of the Cross-Border Jura Arc Forum
November 2017The Cross-Border Jura Arc Forum celebrated the 10th anniversary of its creation on Saturday 21 October 2017 at the town hall of Le Russey in the Haut-Doubs Department.
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FRANCE
President Emmanuel Macron's visit to French Guiana
November 2017During his visit to French Guiana in October, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, stressed the importance of France's outermost regions.
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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
Encouraging young people's cross-border mobility in the Greater Region
June 2017This is the aim of the project FagA/Centre d’aide à la mobilité transfrontalière (CAMT – Centre for Assistance with Cross-Border Mobility) launched on 1 July 2016 in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict.
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TERRITORIES
Event to launch the Mobipro.GR project
May 2017On 25 April 2017 in Forbach, an event to launch the European project “Mobipro.GR“ took place.
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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
14th edition of the cross-border workers fair
April 2017The 2017 edition of the cross-border workers fair, organised by the European Cross-Border Grouping in Annemasse, attracted nearly 2000 visitors.
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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
Three associations defending the rights of cross-border workers bring an action before the European Commission
March 2017Income from household wealth (capital gains on property, real estate income, etc.) received in France is subject to social security deductions. However, the European Court of Justice confirmed in 2015 that people who are affiliated to the social security system of another country should not be taxed to fund the French social security system.
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TERRITORIES
Franco-Swiss cooperation: good news for cross-border workers
January 2017Michel Charrat, the President of the European Cross-Border Grouping and Treasurer of the MOT, gives us his analysis of the implementation of the vote in February 2014 in Switzerland, which was aimed at restricting the number of foreign workers.
