Has the construction of the Channel tunnel been a factor of rapprochement of the cities of Calais and Dover and of their respective regions?

摘要

This article examines the possibility of two towns separated by a national border and a physical border as the English Channel to become closer following the construction of a specific transport infrastructure joining them. Does the creation of the Eurotunnel lead to the transformation of Calais and Dover in binational cities? The links between the two cities and behaviours of people crossing the English Channel are analysed. We note that if these two cities cannot be classified binational their regions that were twinned on this occasion and then extended to the 'Euroregion of five regions' Kent , Nord-Pas-de-Calais , Flanders, Wallonia , Brussels Capital represented a new area of cooperation.