Paris, Didier; Gustedt, Evelyn - In: Cities and metropolises in France and Germany, (pp. 23-39). 2022
Germany and France offer two different models of political and administrative organisation: a federal state on one side … of the Rhine and a unitary state on the other, albeit one that has become more decentralised over the last 40 years. Thus … structure was strengthened in Germany by merging municipalities, whereas France chose to use intermunicipal structures. In …