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Our Parliament and the outside world

The State Parliament maintains many links with regions in other parts of the world and, in particular, promotes cooperation with our immediate neighbours. The 71 members of the Upper Rhine Council from Alsace, Baden-Württemberg, North-West Switzerland and Rhineland-Palatinate include 16 MPs from the State Parliament in Stuttgart, for example. In a similar venture, the parliaments of the countries bordering Lake Constance have agreed on a joint "parliamentary conference".

The State Parliament has also established close links with other European regions: with Vorarlberg in Austria, with the Swiss border cantons such as St. Gallen, with the provinces of South Tyrol and Trento in Italy, and with the northern Finnish region of Oulu. Outside Europe links are also planned withe Province of Ontario in Canada