CCI France (Paris)

CCI.R Alsace (Strasbourg)

1. CCI de Strasbourg et du Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg)
2. CCI de Colmar et du Centre-Alsace (Colmar)
3. CCI Sud Alsace Mulhouse (Mulhouse)

CCI.R Aquitaine (Bordeaux)

Membership in German chambers of commerce and industry is obligatory for all self-employed persons and legal entities conducting business, including entrepreneurs and enterprises from industry, trade and commerce. There are 80 chambers of commerce and industry in Germany, each covering a specific region as defined by the government. A German chamber of commerce and industry has on average 30,000 members. The smallest chamber has 4,200 members. The largest chamber (Munich Chamber of Commerce and Industry) has 380,000 members.

AALEP's Chair, Christian D. de Fouloy has been invited to speak at the Associations World Congress that will take place in Berlin from 10 thru 12 April on 'How to navigate the process of public policy and advocacy'.

Over 100 CEOs will attend the Association's Congress.

For information, please go to  http://www.associationscongress.com/AWCRegistration

Source : The Global Financial Centres (2015)

In parenthesis (World Rank)

1. The financial services industry (“the City”) is one of the few areas where the UK is a world leader and it is a huge earner. Unlike trade in goods, the UK runs  a very large surplus on trade in financial services, including with the EU. The financial services industry accounts for about 4pc of GDP, about half of which probably represents business done with the EU, or about 2pc of GDP.

Parliament

1. Structure and functioning of the Parliament including the competences of the Parliamentary Committees and the speaker of the Parliament, the prerogatives and competences of the Parliament with respect to control of the executive power, and of the procedures for the adoption of legislation

2. Parliament's rules of procedure and their implementation.

They may come under different names: Parliamentary Friendship Groups, Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Groups or Friendship Parliamentary Groups or Parliamentary Group of Friendship [and Cooperation].

There is a need for the EU to engage in normalization of political relations with Russia. Official contacts between the European Parliament, the State Duma and the Russian Federation Council are currently frozen. In view of the dramatic developments in many regions of the world which can only be solved through coordinated policies of the global community, there is a need to restoring dialogue between the EU and Russia.

1. Give the People A Voice

EU policies that impact on 500 million people are drawn up by distant, un-elected bureaucrats, validated in ministerial meetings dominated by a few powerful nations and rubber stamped by MEPs. Referendums give the people a voice, allowing them to impose directly democratic checks and balances on the shift of power to Brussels.

2. Legitimize EU Policy

Source: Bertelsmann Foundation