Representations of the German regions and municipal associations to the European Union

In addition to the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union , the Joint Representation of the German Länder and the individual regional representations of the German Länder, there are also German representations at the European Union in Brussels .

Existing representations

As representations of the German regions and municipal associations exist at the moment

• the European Office of the German District Association
• the European office of the German Association of Cities
• the European office of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities
• as part of an office community of the Baden-Württemberg, Bavarian and Saxon municipalities:
  • the European office of the municipalities of Baden-Württemberg ( https://www.europabuero-bw.de/ )
  • the European office of the Bavarian municipalities ( http://www.ebbk.de/ )
  • the European office of the Saxon municipalities
• the European office of the Stuttgart region in the offices of the state representation of Baden-Württemberg

tasks and goals

The representations represent the interests of their members at European level:

• They provide early information about developments in European policy and represent specific interests in the EU institutions.
• They advise businesses, associations, the use of EU funding programs and arrange contacts.
• They are the point of contact for companies, educational and research institutions and individual citizens.