Following the Reflection on party programmes in the run-up to the Provincial Council elections and the ITEM Commentary after the election results, we have now also analysed the coalition agreements of the parties in the seven border provinces.<\/p>\n\n
The reflection and commentary concluded that cross-border cooperation played a modest role and the ITEM recommendation was that cross-border cooperation should be given a more central role in provincial politics. Has this been reflected in the Coalition Agreements? Is there indeed a greater focus on cross-border cooperation and horizontal cooperation? <\/p>\n\n
This Reflection focuses on the coalition agreements in the border provinces that have already been published. The same (thematic) method as the earlier Reflection was chosen for this analysis. <\/p>\n\n
It includes the most important cross-border themes:<\/p>\n\n
– Cross-border labour market
First, a general overview will be given of the role and position of cross-border cooperation as a theme in the coalition agreement. Then the various subsections will reflect on the plans in the coalition agreement for each theme. <\/p>\n