18/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - "Do the regional challenges in France and Europe, with the strengthening of the powers of the regions, threaten states?" Jos Chabert, President of the Committee of the Regions, and Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Conseil régional d'Ile de France, will debate this question on 25 October at the Institut d'Etudes politiques in Paris. The debate will be chaired by Patrick Le Galès, CNRS researcher and Political Sciences lecturer. For more information, Tel: +33 1 45 49 50 79). "Cross-border and transnational co-operation - is the new Europe reinventing itself on the sidelines?" The association Notre Europe and Unioncamere (the Union of Chambers of Commerce) are organising a debate in Brussels on this question on 13 November. Jacques Delors, President of Notre Europe; Jean-Claude van Cauwenberghe, Minister-President of the Wallonia Region in Belgium; and Claude du Granrut, from the Committee of the Regions, are scheduled to participate in the conference.