Alsace
The Rhine model: excellence, consensus and link.
/// 01. IDENTITY & HISTORY
Identity
A pivotal land between the Latin world and the Germanic world, Alsace occupies a unique place in the Republic. Strongly marked by its history, it has been able to preserve specific local law and build a society based on consensus and local freedoms.
The R3 project does not aim for isolation, but for the full expression of this identity. The ambition is to make Alsace no longer an "end of the line" in the East, but thepivot central which connects France to the economic power of Northern Europe.
Sources & References
Local law is documented byl'Institut du Droit Local alsacien-mosellan.
Regional data is provided byl'INSEE (Grand Est).
L'analyse politique est approfondie dans South Pole magazine.
/// 03. ECONOMIC FABRIC
The Economic Strategy
Our vocation is to be thelocomotive industrielle et scientifiqueof the Federation, playing our natural role as a crossroads.
Untapped Potential:
- Le Carrefour Logistique :Make the Rhine and our infrastructure the essential crossing point for trade between the French regions (via the TGV Est and the Rhine-Rhône axis) and Rhineland Europe (Switzerland, Germany).
- L'Effet Levier : Use our border position not to “leave”, but to capture the economic dynamics of our neighbors (Basel, Fribourg) and redistribute it to the French economy through our industrial partnerships (with Lorraine, Franche-Comté, and Paris).
- Votre Futur : A successful Alsace is a France that exports. We will be the laboratory of France's European success.
Sources & References
Cross-border cooperation is supported byl'Euro-Institut.
Les travaux parlementaires sont accessibles via the senate.