29/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - In EIPA's September 2005 review, Stéphane Desselas and Laure Aumont of Athenora Consulting, wrote an article on the theme of “National Political Systems and Exercising Influence at a Community Level: a Comparison France - Germany”. They compare France, “The unitary De-centralised State” and Germany “a Federal Cooperative State”, and analyse their strengths and weaknesses, the weight of the German Länder (regions) and the “political clarification of the role of the French regions in Brussels”. (Info: Athenora. 8, avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée, Brussels 1040. Tel: 02 280 2801. Site: http://www.athenora.com - Email: contact@athenora.com).