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The Compass: On The Border: On the Border: Maastricht

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On the Border: Maastricht

05/10/2022 GMT

On The Border

BBC World Service - The Compass, On The Border, On the Border: Maastricht

What do borders mean in the city where the European Union was born?

Tim Marshall asks what borders mean in Maastricht, the city where the European Union was born.

Tim Marshall profiles Maastricht, the city where 30 years ago the European Union was born. Have these economic measures dented relations between the communities that sit on one of Europe’s linguistic and cultural fault lines?

(Photo: Aerial view of the city of Maastricht. Credit: N. Bellegarde/Getty Images)

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Tim Marshall explores four frontier communities.

Tim Marshall, author of the best-selling ‘Prisoners of Geography’, explores four frontier communities. Some sit on hard borders, others soft; all face challenges. What do Maastricht, Kinshasa, Niagara and Orestiada tell us about managing difference and global relations today?

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