Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly
| Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly | |
|---|---|
.svg) Location of the two nations |
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| German name | Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly |
| French name | Assemblée parlementaire franco-allemande |
| Seat of the organs | Berlin and Paris |
| Chair |
Andreas Jung Christophe Arend |
| Member States | 2 : |
| Official and working languages | |
| surface | 1,001,379 km² |
| population | 150,000,000 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density | 167.5 inhabitants per km² |
| founding |
March 25, 2019 ( Franco-German parliamentary agreement ), |
| Currencies | |
| Time zone |
UTC + 1 CET UTC + 2 CEST (March to October) |
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bundestag.de/dfpv assemblee-nationale.fr |
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The Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly is a binational body of the EU states Germany and France . The assembly should develop proposals on cross-border issues and promote the joint implementation of EU directives .
The basis of this institutionalized cooperation at the level of the national parliaments is the Franco-German Parliamentary Agreement , which was passed on March 11, 2019 by the French National Assembly and on March 20, 2019 by the German Bundestag and signed by the Presidents of both Houses on March 25, 2019.
history
The constituent meeting took place in Paris on March 25, 2019, chaired by Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble and the President of the French National Assembly , Richard Ferrand .
task
The establishment of the Franco-German Assembly should enable:
- Develop proposals on cross-border issues
- to promote joint implementation of EU directives
- to monitor compliance with the provisions of the Elysée Treaty on Franco-German cooperation of January 22, 1963, supplemented by the Aachen Treaty of January 22, 2019, as well as the implementation and evaluation of the resulting projects
- to accompany the Franco-German Council of Ministers
- to accompany the work of the Franco-German Defense and Security Council
- ensure the follow-up to European and international matters of common interest (including the common European foreign and security and defense policy )
- To draw up proposals on all questions relating to German-French relations and aiming at greater conformity between German and French law
The Parliamentary Assembly cannot pass binding resolutions. Nor does it have its own budget.
composition
The assembly consists of 100 members - 50 members from the parliamentary groups of the German Bundestag and 50 members from the parliamentary groups of the French National Assembly.
On March 25, 2019, the CDU MP Andreas Jung and the French REM MP Sabine Thillaye (La République en Marche) were elected chairmen of the board by acclamation . Thillaye resigned from office on February 4, 2020 after her faction LREM expelled her on January 29. Christophe Arend was elected as her successor as one of the two Chairs on February 5, 2020 at the meeting in the plenary hall of the European Parliament in Strasbourg .
Board
| image | Surname | fraction | image | Surname | fraction |
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| German representation | French representation | ||||
| Chair | |||||
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Andreas Jung | CDU / CSU | Christophe Arend | LREM | |
| Board | |||||
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Reinhard Brandl | CDU / CSU |
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André Chassaigne | GDR |
| Franziska Brantner | B'90 / Greens |
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Jean-Michel Clément | LT | |
| Fabio De Masi | The left |
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Antoine Herth | UAI | |
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Angelika Glöckner | SPD |
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Patrick Hetzel | LR |
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Norbert Kleinwächter | AfD |
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Danièle Obono | FI |
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Michael Georg Link | FDP |
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Cécile Untermaier | SOC |
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Thomas Oppermann | SPD |
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Sylvain Waserman | Modem |
German Bundestag
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National Assembly
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Rotation
The assembly should meet at least twice a year, alternately in Germany and France.
To meet
- April 25, 2019 in Paris
- September 23, 2019 in Berlin
- 5th and 6th February 2020 in Strasbourg
- May 28, 2020 (as video conference)
- June 17, 2020 (as video conference)
Classification in the European Union
The Benelux countries (1958), the Visegrád Group (1991), the Eurozone (1999), the Central European Defense Cooperation (2010) and the southern EU states (2016) are also cooperating between individual EU states .
literature
- Daniel Schade: The Franco-German Parliamentary Agreement. Context, meaning and four challenges. Edited by The Progressive Center and Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly. In: bundestag.de . German Bundestag, accessed on September 26, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Schäuble signs the Franco-German agreement. In: Spiegel Online . March 25, 2019, accessed March 25, 2019 .
- ^ Creation of a Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly (March 25, 2019). In: diplomatie.gouv.fr. Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs , March 25, 2019, accessed March 25, 2019 .
- ^ Assemblée parlementaire franco-allemande - Composition. In: assemblee-nationale.fr. March 26, 2019, accessed March 26, 2019 (French).
- ↑ The President of the Bundestag and the President of the Assemblée nationale invite you to a special session of the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly on May 28, 2020. In: press release. German Bundestag, May 15, 2020, accessed on May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Press release special session: German-French parliamentary assembly with questioning of finance ministers Olaf Scholz and Bruno le Maire. German Bundestag, June 15, 2020, accessed on June 15, 2020 .