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Inhabitants of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine live the “European idea” as they benefit from all advantages by living, working and shopping in different countries. The open borders create opportunities for the regional population as well as institutions and services. This leads to new partnerships and the exchange of knowledge and best-practices. Today the inhabitants on both sides of the borders live and work in good terms with the neighbors, so that it appears as if the border is just one line on the map, which has lost meaning in everyday life.

The Eifel, the Ardennes and the Meuse-Rhine valley are rich in history, natural beauty and views.
Maastricht, Liège and Aix-La-Chapelle belong to the monumental cities of Europe, but are barely visited. Although if you walk here you sometimes get the feeling as if you are in regions of Italy and France.

The need for integration is nowhere better understood than in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, it is precisely here that the Romanesque and Germanic people and languages meet.

If this dividing line is accentuated by boundary barriers, tensions and extreme contrasts can arise. Many inhabitants in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine have realized if these boundary barriers completely disappear, that they have common interests and a lot can be learned from each other.
At the end much more can be achieved through cooperation than alone.

The Meuse-Rhine Euregio is the successful proof of European integration.

They are the heart of Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne’s) ancient empire, which originated in the same desire.