http://www.arcmanche.com/en/the-arc-manche/objectives/
As usual the Mail has tried a bit of EU scaremongering and failed miserably.With just a little research the story is easily exposed for the failure it is
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The mission of the Arc Manche Assembly is to promote the Channel area as a specific and a coherent entity for territorial co-operation at European Union level and to gain recognition from the European Institutions.
Working as a collaborative network, it aims to reinforce Franco-British partnerships between regions on both sides of the Channel by delivering joint actions and projects, which could be supported by European Union policies.
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http://www.arcmanche.com/en/faq/
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It is important to stress that this is an informal, voluntary network of local authorities who can use the network to share best practice, coordinate initiatives and pull together project ideas to draw in EU funding. It is not a 'regional Assembly' like the South East England Regional Assembly. It has absolutely no powers confered to it, no role in governance, law-making or public administration.
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This type of story just proves to me that the mail is a failure as a source of reliable news .I am not a EU fan ,and obviously neither is the Mail ,but there are plenty of news items that if reported correctly would serve their agenda much better ,how can they not report those ? instead of reporting factually inacurate rubbish like this