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French Government response on the assessment of the French Presidency of the European Union for cross-border territories

The response from the Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs with responsibility for Europe, Laurence Boone, stressed: "The Presidency of the Council of the European Union has indeed just ended and, as you pointed out, all our partners welcome it. We have collectively achieved historic successes at an historic time. [...] You mentioned the cross-border areas - one third of the European population at our borders, and here too the Council of the European Union adopted a general orientation on 10 June, which is at the heart of the revision of the Schengen border code, and which will allow the European Commission - and we are working on this at the moment - to put in place border cooperation instruments at the disposal of the Member States, so that they can adopt legal arrangements at their borders that allow for border cooperation and the creation of common public services for the benefit of the users of the two countries. »
Read Brigitte Klinkert's question: https://twitter.com/reseauMOT/status/1547184468166905856  
And the minister's answer: https://twitter.com/LaurenceBoone/status/1546918656302522369  
 
Note also an article published by Brigitte Klinkert MP, co-signed with Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Interior and Territory (DE): "With this article and on the occasion of the French bank holidays, we wanted to stress the importance of cross-border cooperation on the Rhine and of Europe, at a time when certain political forces are promoting withdrawal. We also wanted to underline the driving role of the border territories in the construction of Europe, since it is here that we perceive the advantages of Europe, but also the challenges that we still have to face together.
https://www.france-allemagne.fr/Ce-qui-fonctionne-dans-les-regions-frontalieres-fonctionne-partout-en-Europe-13.html