Deepen partnerships with regions and countries
The CDU wants to expand North Rhine-Westphalia's cooperation with neighbors and partner regions in Europe and beyond. A new state office is to open in London, and the state's voice in Brussels is to carry more weight.
The CDU wants to work more closely with neighbors and partners. These include the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Poland. The state should open its own office in London. Young people should find it easier to spend time in other European countries.
With the Netherlands, the border region agenda is to be advanced; Flanders, Piedmont, Hauts-de-France and Silesia are also named. New offerings in teacher training and language classes are planned with the Benelux partners, along with better-linked disaster response and transportation across borders. European youth exchange is to be strengthened and a parliamentary sponsorship program initiated. The CDU wants to deepen ties with Israel, expand cooperation with Pennsylvania and win further partners in the US and Canada. The partnership with Ghana is to grow through more administrative exchange, and Bonn is to keep receiving support as a UN location.
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„Unsere Partnerschaft mit der französischen Region Hauts-de-France und dem polnischen Schlesien im Weimarer Dreieck werden wir weiter vertiefen“Translation: We will further deepen our partnership with the French region of Hauts-de-France and Polish Silesia in the Weimar Triangle
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