On march 18th, Basque Country’s President Iñigo Urkullu chaired the first 2016 Assembly of the Euroregion Aquitaine-Euskadi, at Vitoria-Gasteiz (Arkaute).

The main points of the Assembly were related to the 2015 Activities’ assessment, to the 2016 Orientations, to the election of Alain Rousset as the new President of the Euroregion, as well as to the approval of the adherence of Navarre to the EGTC.

Ms Uxue Barcos, President of the Foral Community of Navarre, and members of her government, participated in the closing of the Assembly.

EGTC’s activities will be, onwards, developped in a new and unprecedented territorial perimeter due to the adherence of Navarre (south of the Euroregion) and to the regional merger of Aquitaine Limousin and Poitou-Charentes (north of the Euroregion).

Thanks to this new perimeter, the Euroregion will be integrated by 9 million people, and will represent 2% of the European Union’s territory.