DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES OF THE UNION POLICY DEPARTMENT B: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Economic, Social and Territorial Situation of Germany (Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar) NOTE This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development. AUTHORS Dr. Esther KRAMER and Kathrin Maria RUDOLF Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies European Parliament B-1047 Brussels E-mail:
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[email protected] Manuscript completed in May 2010. Brussels, © European Parliament, 2010. This document is available on the Internet at: www.europarl.europa.eu/studies DISCLAIMER The opinions expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament. Reproduction and translation for non-commercial purposes are authorized, provided the source is acknowledged and the publisher is given prior notice and sent a copy. DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES OF THE UNION POLICY DEPARTMENT B: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Economic, Social and Territorial Situation of Germany (Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar) NOTE Abstract This note provides a short overview of Germany's economic, political and administrative set-up and of the specificities of the metropolitan region Rhine-Neckar with the cities of Mannheim, Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen. It then describes the support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within those territories. The note has been prepared in the context of the Committee on Regional Development's delegation to the metropolitan region Rhine-Neckar, 23 - 25 June 2010.