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The Forum will be held in Palais des Congres in Strasbourg, France from the 30-th of November to the 1-st of December. Catherine Colonna, European Affairs Minister Delegate and Secretary, and Azouz Begag, Minister Delegate for the Promotion of Equal Opportunity, will co-chair with their respective German counterparts, Gunter Gloser and Maria Bohmer, the French-German forum, “The future of Europe through Integration and Equal Opportunity.

The meeting is a part of the initiative on integration and equality opportunity presented at the 6th French-German joint cabinet meeting in Berlin on March 14, 2006. It will launch an ambitious program of cooperation between France and Germany on integration and anti-discrimination.

The forum is of particular interest and originality as it will lead to comparative assessments of experiments in France and Germany. The four ministers will jointly open the forum in the Palais des Congres in Strasbourg. The forum will mobilize a large number of decision-makers and actors in the field from France and Germany.

Forum details on www.diplomatie.gouv.fr.