Juncker Plan and Cross-Border Investment: What Prospects?

Jean PEYRONY Director General, MOT [vc_btn title= »Télécharger l’article » style= »outline » color= »blue » align= »right » i_icon_fontawesome= »fa fa-file-pdf-o » add_icon= »true » link= »url:http%3A%2F%2Fconfrontations.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FEN-Interface-106-ILT-p12.pdf||target:%20_blank »] The needs of functional regions straddling borders (employment areas providing public transport for cross-border workers) and cross-border economic regions (high SME-research collaboration potential) cannot be satisfied by the institutions in charge of territorial development, which are limited by national frameworks. In the Greater Geneva cross-border metropolis (FR-CH), for example, there is no single public institution with the competence to alone manage public transport or cluster policy, unlike in metropolises located in a national territory. The same applies to infrastructure and facilities situated within a territory but along a border and intended to be shared or used by a cross-border public, as a result of which they are considered cross-border public goods. The Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière, or MOT (1), has identified over 90 projects at France’s borders either involving infrastructure or facilities or softer projects (research,