12/19/2014

Urkullu & Rousset present the 2014-2020 strategic plan for Aquitaine and the Basque Country to “give more weight” to them in the EU

Basque Premier Iñigo Urkullu and Alain Rousset, President of the Aquitaine Regional Council, have presented the 2014-2020 Strategic Plan for the Aquitania-Basque Country Euro-region. This plan sets the main lines and priorities for cross-border co-operation for the coming years and seeks to “give more weight” to the region in the EU. The presentation took place in Hendaye, where the headquarters of the Euro-region are based, and was attended by a delegation from the Basque Government headed by the Premier and also comprising the Basque Government Minister for the Environment and Territorial Policy, Ana Oregi.