- Arc Manche
Arc Manche (French: "arc", "arch"; and "
La Manche ", "the English Channel") is a transnational regional network and assembly, founded in1996 and2005 respectively, incorporating all the southern counties ofEngland and northern regions ofFrance bordering theEnglish Channel . Its founding aim is to achieve "improved integration of the Channel coastal regions within Europe". Arc Manche is funded through theEuropean Union 's .On
12 October 2005 , the French Socialist politicianAlain Le Vern was elected the inaugural President of the Arc Manche Assembly.References
* [http://www.arcmanche.com/pages_arc/rub_1_e.php3?Page=p_1_2.htm Founding aims of Arc Manche]
* [http://www.arcmanche.com/pages_arc/rub_3_e.php3?Page=p_3_1_1.php3&commun=1&iActID=73 The Arc Manche becomes the Arc Manche Assembly] ,12 October 2005
* [http://www.southeast-ra.gov.uk/our_work/advocacy/europe/strategy/Annex002.pdf South East Regional Assembly — European Strategy for South East England 2001–06] , published 2001
* [http://www.southwestuk.eu/files-manager/maritime-conference/460arc_manche_en.pdf Position of the Channel Arc Manche Assembly on the Green Paper "Towards a Maritime Policy for the Union: A European Vision of the Oceans and Seas"] ,29 June 2007 External links
* [http://www.arcmanche.com/e_intro.htm Arc Manche official website]
* [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/files/cchq_press_release.pdf England wiped off the map by first Transnational Assembly] ,Conservative Party (UK) ,22 October 2006
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