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<p>In Europe, public services are organised to a&#xa0;large extent on a&#xa0;national basis, meaning that they ultimately end at the respective national border. For border regions, this can result in disadvantages if there is an insufficient provision of services in addition to limited access options in the neighbouring country. Our article takes this observation as its starting point and analyses the situation of cross-border public services at the borders of Germany. It aims not only at assessing the current situation, but also at searching for conditions that are associated with disparities between border regions and the German interior. Moreover, it illustrates the challenges and opportunities of cross-border public services using a&#xa0;Franco-German case study. The quantitative analysis draws on regional statistical information on health, education, infrastructure, public administration, culture, and sports provided by the ongoing spatial monitoring programme of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development. The results show that border regions offer more comprehensive public services in terms of public administration, education and culture/sport in comparison to their domestic counterparts, but tend to perform worse in terms of infrastructure and healthcare in rural districts. Border regions therefore reinforce dynamics that result from socio-demographic transformation processes, such as changes in population size and composition. This can be illustrated using the border region of the Eurodistrict SaarMoselle between the Saarland (Germany) and the <i>département</i> of Moselle (France) as an example. Especially in rural areas, both everyday and emergency medical care is sometimes insufficient, so that cross-border services could provide a&#xa0;remedy. Various bilateral agreements bear witness to advances in this regard, however, further initiatives such as the idea of establishing a&#xa0;cross-border healthcare corridor have stalled. The underlying national orientation and persistent path dependencies remain powerful to date.</p>

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Mit dem Halbkreisblick? Daseinsvorsorge in Grenzregionen

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    2025年12月1日

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  • Florian Weber,
  • Georg Wenzelburger

摘要

In Europe, public services are organised to a large extent on a national basis, meaning that they ultimately end at the respective national border. For border regions, this can result in disadvantages if there is an insufficient provision of services in addition to limited access options in the neighbouring country. Our article takes this observation as its starting point and analyses the situation of cross-border public services at the borders of Germany. It aims not only at assessing the current situation, but also at searching for conditions that are associated with disparities between border regions and the German interior. Moreover, it illustrates the challenges and opportunities of cross-border public services using a Franco-German case study. The quantitative analysis draws on regional statistical information on health, education, infrastructure, public administration, culture, and sports provided by the ongoing spatial monitoring programme of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development. The results show that border regions offer more comprehensive public services in terms of public administration, education and culture/sport in comparison to their domestic counterparts, but tend to perform worse in terms of infrastructure and healthcare in rural districts. Border regions therefore reinforce dynamics that result from socio-demographic transformation processes, such as changes in population size and composition. This can be illustrated using the border region of the Eurodistrict SaarMoselle between the Saarland (Germany) and the département of Moselle (France) as an example. Especially in rural areas, both everyday and emergency medical care is sometimes insufficient, so that cross-border services could provide a remedy. Various bilateral agreements bear witness to advances in this regard, however, further initiatives such as the idea of establishing a cross-border healthcare corridor have stalled. The underlying national orientation and persistent path dependencies remain powerful to date.