Land Vorarlberg - Presse

Federalism: a recipe for the future

"We need a federal state based on cooperation", reaffirmed president of the parliament Gebhard Halder in the parliament debate on the current report on federalism. He said that cooperation between the Federation and the Länder functions well where both are equal partners, such as in the area of health reform. "Throughout the whole of Europe, federalism is being discovered as a recipe for the future. In other states in the European Union, much stronger federalisation is being contemplated. With us, the purpose of the Länder is being called into question, although taking Malta as an example, this is an EU member state smaller than Vorarlberg," says Halder ...