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Signing of the Franco-German Cross-Border Health Alliance

The Eurodistrict has been working for several years now to develop cross-border cooperation in health between Moselle and Saarland. It is within the framework of its project "GeKo SaarMoselle, structuring and developing cross-border health cooperation in the Saar-Moselle area" that the intention of this alliance, which plans to give new impetus to this cooperation in order to improve and facilitate access to healthcare for the population of this cross-border living area, was introduced.

On this occasion, the Saarland State Secretary for Health, Bettina Altesleben, emphasised that her government wished "to create genuine cross-border healthcare services. It is important that the European idea experienced at the border is also experienced in the field of health. Together with the health sector, we want to develop solutions that are adapted to the reality of our living space.”

The experimental zone sought by the alliance could expand to a health corridor enabling the population on both sides of the border to test out access to cross-border hospitals and out-patient care.

For Jean Rottner, President of the Grand Est Region: "We are no longer in the realm of metaphors, we are in the realm of action. In the current European context, it is the local authorities that can find solutions for our governments. We must get our States to act. The cross-border fact must be recognised. This issue must be a priority to improve the daily life of our fellow citizens.”

Sources/More info: https://www.saarmoselle.org/fr/actualites/signature-de-l-alliance-pour-la-sante-transfrontaliere-franco-allemande_-n.html