Between the 6 and 10 of last July, ORU’s Secretary- General travelled to México with the goal of establishing stronger cooperation ties with the governments of the country’s states. The first visit took place in Toluca, capital of the State of Mexico, where Carles Llorens met Governor Eruviel Ávila. The meeting concluded with very positive outcomes, notably the initiation of the procedures for the incorporation of the state to ORU, and the governor’s commitment, publicly announced in press conference, to promote the accession of the other thirty Mexican States, respecting their sovereignty at all times.
The French Parliament has approved the draft law on the New Territorial Organisation of the Republic (NOTRe), which redefines the powers of the local and regional governments regarding the country’s administrative and economic policies. The most outstanding measure is the changes to the French internal regional borders, which will reduce the number of regions.
PJD, leading political force in the Moroccan regional elections
Fourteen and a half million of Moroccan citizens were called to express their vote last 4th of September in the 2015 local and regional elections, which will renew the Moroccan regional and municipal councils. The President to date of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Regional Council, Abdelkebir Berkia,(...)
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The role of Cross-Border Cooperation
The participation of the local and regional administrations in European matters and especially, in Cohesion and Regional Politics, has been drawing attention for a while of other integration processes in Latin America or Africa. ORU-FOGAR is organizing a seminar, on 25 September 2015 in Montevideo, entitled “The subnational governments in the framework of Regional Integration Processes”, dealing with an increasingly relevant aspect in the integration processes.
