In the undulating woodlands of the oldest Euregion, where German and Latin cultures meet, European Green leader Dany Cohn-Bendit fired the starting shot for the Cross Border Relay Tour 2004, in the Walloon town of Eupen.

In 2009, the tour will be present with a host of events.Themes suggested: NO to NATO air base for which too many trees have been cut; an environmentally friendlier layout for the Iron Rhine goods rail line; a rail connection between Maastricht (Nl) and Hasselt (B); mining, de-graveling and other ground works that might destroy nature; better health care cooperation.

Calendar:

• Maastricht, 21 May: Register and vote Green! Local Greens and young Germans studying in Maastricht, call upon other foreign students to register as voters – which many students don’t think of, and present young Dutch, Belgian and German Green candidates.  

Coordination :

Liesbeth van Soest (GroenLinks) lvansoest@home.nl for the Iron Rhine; Gert-Jan Krabbendam gkrabbendam@gmail.com ; Monica Dethier-Neumann & Claire Delìège (Écolo) Claire.DELIEGE@ecolo.be

David Hasse (Grünen Aachen) david.hasse@arcor.de

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1. •16 Mai Maastricht : Euregional debate on Drugs Policy, Maastricht Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018 & Green Euregional Economy. Joint declaration and press conference. Chair: Tof Thissen, senator GroenLinks. City council Hall 10-13h.

9 May Liège/Luik

1. •8-10 May Liège/Luik: A Young Green New Deal - 3 days of ‘nice people, lectures (with candidate MEP for Écolo Phiilippe Lamberts), debate Capitalism vs Greens, amazig action and the greatest party of your life, with ELECTRO J! Organised by young Greens from, Écolo, Groen!, GroenLinks and Bündnis 90-Die Grünen. Information: olivier.bierin@ecoloj.be
   

1. •Sa 9 May Liège/Luik: Street Event ‘A Green New Deal for Steel?’