How sovereign can France’s Alsace region be?

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Series Details 06.04.13
Publication Date 06/04/2013
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Alsatians (the people of Alsace in France) were set to decide on an administrative reform of their region on the 7 April 2013. Supporters hoped for more efficient structures and more influence in Paris and Europe. Opponents warned of 'the German model'.

In the event the reform proposals were rejected, although on a technicality.

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Website: EuroJournal http://www.eurojournal.net/
Deutsche Welle, 05.03.13: France/Germany: Alsace http://www.dw.de/france-germany-alsace/a-16647688
Wikipedia: Alsace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace
La Depeche.fr, 08.04.13: Référendum. L'Alsace vote «non» à la fusion de ses assemblées http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/04/08/1600987-referendum-alsace-vote-non-fusion-assemblees.html
EuroFora, 07.04.13: Big Alsacian Majority votes Referendum, but technicality blocks. Strasbourg 70% eve of Election 2014 http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/alsacereferendumresults.html

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