Regional Council of East Frisia

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The regional council of East Frisia was founded by the districts of Aurich , Leer , Wittmund and the independent city of Emden on August 25, 2010. On April 24, 2015, the main committee of the regional council decided to dissolve the body.

tasks and goals

The Ostfriesland regional council had 53 members who were recruited from the district assemblies and the city council of Emden as well as the main administrative officers of the member municipalities. The members of the regional council were delegated by the local parliaments for the duration of the electoral term. The members of the Lower Saxony State Parliament, the Bundestag and the European Parliament responsible for the region were members with an advisory function without voting rights.

The regional council should promote the cooperation of the four regional authorities as well as a common representation of interests of the region East Friesland vis-à-vis the state of Lower Saxony, the Federal Republic of Germany, the European Union and other agencies. An attempt was made to join the district of Friesland and the city of Wilhelmshaven , but it was never carried out. The common goal was the sustainable development of the region.

Bodies

Until his appointment as minister in North Rhine-Westphalia in June 2012, Garrelt Duin , a member of the Bundestag from Hinte, was chairman of the regional council . Since March 6, 2013, his successor has been Hans-Dieter Haase , member of the Lower Saxony state parliament. Together with his two deputies, the Aurich district administrator Harm-Uwe Weber and the Leeran district council member Dieter Baumann, he formed the board of the regional council. In addition, the regional council had two other organs: the twelve-member committee and the plenary assembly, to which all members of the regional council belonged.

history

In 2005 the idea of ​​a great district of East Friesland was presented. This should include the districts of Aurich, Leer, Wittmund and the independent city of Emden. The initiator of the idea was the Großefehntjer entrepreneur Rolf Trauernicht . After massive resistance against the great district, the establishment of a regional council was discussed in 2006. This should also include the district of Friesland and the city of Wilhelmshaven. However, this could not be implemented in reality. The regional council was founded on August 25, 2010 by the districts of Aurich, Leer, Wittmund and the independent city of Emden. The city of Wilhelmshaven showed little interest in participating and the district of Friesland did not join the regional council as a full member. He wants but the cooperation projects such as the East Friesland Tourism Company, the State Theater , the Verkehrsverbund Ems-Jade and the vocational academy Ostfriesland contribute content .

The original plan was to have the East Frisians themselves elect the regional council in the 2011 local elections; However, this election did not come about because two district councils (Leer and Wittmund) had not passed any resolutions. However, those involved continued to seek direct elections for the subsequent local elections.

On April 25, 2015, the regional press reported that the regional council would cease its work after the representatives of the SPD, CDU and Greens parliamentary groups had withdrawn. The reason was u. a. the non-functioning work in the specialist committees and the lack of competencies in the regional council.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Regional Council Ostfriesland has dissolved itself , accessed on April 29, 2015
  2. ↑ a b Regional Council Ostfriesland is at the end , accessed on April 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Statutes of the Ostfriesland Regional Council  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 26 kB), accessed March 7, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landkreis-aurich.de  
  4. ↑ Ministry of Economics, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia : Minister Garrelt Duin ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 5, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mweimh.nrw.de
  5. ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung of March 7, 2013: Wahl-Zoff in the regional council , viewed on March 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ Landkreis-Aurich.de: Regionalrat Ostfriesland ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 13, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.landkreis-aurich.de
  7. ↑ a b General-Anzeiger from August 26, 2010: Garrelt Duin heads the new East Friesland regional council, viewed on February 13, 2012.
  8. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung of March 12, 2008: Großkreis Ostfriesland suggested , viewed on February 13, 2012.
  9. ↑ Ostfriesen-Zeitung of May 7, 2009: Greater Ostfriesland district is off the table until 2013 , accessed on February 13, 2012.
  10. ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung of October 10, 2008: Regional Council: No sign from Wilhelmshaven , viewed on February 14, 2012
  11. ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung of August 21, 2009: Regional council will be elected in 2011, accessed on February 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ Alliance 90 / The Greens: http://www.gruene-aurich.de/?m=201106
  13. ^ Ostfriesische Nachrichten of June 23, 2010: Aurich: Regional Council discusses long-distance rail traffic , accessed on December 5, 2011.