Living in the "Greater Region" of Luxembourg

Coordinating Institution: Université du Luxembourg
From: 01/04/2003
To: 31/08/2005
Budget: 109,661.00€
Contact(s): Fehlen Fernand

Summary

In the course of 2004, an opinion survey of some 2,500 inhabitants of the zones that constitute the territory of the Great Region (Luxembourg, the French-speaking Community and Walloon region of Belgium, the Lorraineregion of France, and Germany’s Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz) was carried out. If the concept of the Great Region somehow makes sense for people who are directly involved in its trans-border labour market, do other populations know what is at stake and in general can we find traces of a common identity for the Great region?

This quantitative analysis allowed for an evaluation of the quantity and quality of trans-border relations, but also shed light on the limits, prejudice and clichés in the minds of the citizens of the Great Region.

A second, qualitative, study was undertaken in 2005: 22 experts of trans-border cooperation and key actors (political personnel, civil servants, managers, trade unionists, researchers, representatives of the civil society) of the Great Region were asked to react to the results of the opinion survey.

The research report was written in 2005 and has been published in 2006.