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Europe & SaarLorLux

Saarland has always seen itself as the "pacesetter" in terms of cooperation and cohesiveness within the European Greater SaarLorLux Region, which also includes its neighbours in Rhineland-Palatinate and the German-speaking communities in Belgium and Wallonia. But also the European policy plays a prominent role in Saarland. The promotion of European unity and cross-border cooperation are issues of constitutional status which are firmly embedded in politics and society.

France strategy

The aim of the France strategy is to make Saarland a multilingual federal state within a generation – by 2043. The aim is for French, together with other European languages, to be commonly used alongside the state's native and official language of German. This would make Saarland the only multilingual federal state in Germany.

Local authorities

Local self-government is the responsibility of the towns and municipalities, the rural districts and the Regional Association of Saarbrücken. Since the reform of administrative districts in 1974, 52 independent municipalities have been formed in Saarland. There are also six local authority associations: the Saarbrücken regional association, which was formed from the Saarbrücken municipal authority in 2008 through legislation reforming local government, and the five rural districts of Merzig-Wadern, Saarlouis, Neunkirchen, Saarpfalz-Kreis and St. Wendel.

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