European networking

17 January 2025

Meeting with Verena Mertens, Member of the European Parliament 

We are delighted that we were able to present our project to Verena Mertens, who has been representing our home region of East Westphalia-Lippe in the European Parliament since June 2024. On the occasion of an ‘inaugural visit’ as an MEP to Mayor Michael Dreier, our programme manager Brigitte Zacharias was able to present our path to the European Heritage Label together with the Technical Councillor Claudia Warnecke.

They not only talked about the European, cultural-historical and also economically significant history of our shortest river in Germany, the Pader, but also exchanged views on possible future projects that could support further European networking. 


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Exchanging ideas (from left): Technical Councillor Claudia Warnecke, Mayor Michael Dreier, MEP Verena Mertens and our programme manager Brigitte Zacharias.