It is the link between the federal states, cities and municipalities, and Brussels: Representatives from local and state politics negotiate the European agenda in the Committee of the Regions. One of them is Matthias Wunderling-Weilbier. The 59-year-old is State Secretary in Lower Saxony’s Ministry for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development. Since January, he has represented the state of Lower Saxony on the Committee of the Regions.