{"id":27735,"date":"2018-12-19T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T11:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oradeo.com\/?p=27735"},"modified":"2018-12-19T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T11:15:24","slug":"fixed-fehmarnbelt-crossing-new-action-plan-strengthens-danish-german-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oradeo.com\/2018\/12\/19\/fixed-fehmarnbelt-crossing-new-action-plan-strengthens-danish-german-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixed Fehmarnbelt Crossing: New Action Plan strengthens Danish-German Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link offers great economic opportunities for the regions of Seeland and Schleswig-Holstein.\u00a0A plan of action should now strengthen Danish-German cooperation in order to make the most of these opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Regional Council Chairman Heino Knudsen and the Schleswig-Holstein Minister President Daniel G\u00fcnther signed a new action plan last week to strengthen cooperation between Seeland and the northern German state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regional exchange<\/span><\/h3>\n

The cooperation is designed to ensure that not only the big cities like Hamburg and Copenhagen benefit from the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, Heino Knudsen said: “The Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link is a game changer for development in the Seeland and Schleswig-Holstein region.\u00a0The construction itself creates many opportunities for local businesses.\u00a0Of course we have to take advantage of that.\u00a0But the link can also ensure growth and development in the long term if we actively engage with it regionally and locally.\u00a0With the Action Plan, we now have something concrete that will contribute to growth and development in the Zealand region. “<\/span><\/p>\n

Much work on the German side<\/span><\/h3>\n

Since 2013, cooperation between the two regions has been regulated by contract.\u00a0This contract will now be renewed with the action plan for 2019 and 2020.\u00a0Now it is important that the project is also approved on the German side, so that the construction of the immersed tunnel can be started: “Schleswig-Holstein is committed to the plan approval for the Fehmarn project as soon as possible.\u00a0Minister President G\u00fcnther assured me that this would be the case soon, “said Knudsen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Facts about the action plan<\/span><\/h3>\n