Land Vorarlberg - Presse

Working meeting with German-speaking community in Eupen

A delegation from the Vorarlberg State Parliament recently met representatives of the German-speaking community in Eupen in Belgium. The overall theme of the meeting was cooperation on the level of the EU. The president of the Vorarlberg parliament Manfred Dörler spoke in favour of the creation of regional networks, in order to strengthen the position of the regions: "Regional networks can lead to improved cooperation of the regions between themselves and can help to represent common interests effectively at the European level." The example of the German-speaking community which belongs to the Euregio Maas-Rhein (EMR) showed in concrete terms how regional politics can assert themselves within a European framework. Dörler pointed out that there are parallels to be drawn here with the Lake Constance Euregio, as the problems and challenges are similar.