How will support for the project be assessed in this highly militarised and conflictive region? Despite brokered talks and disarming, the region is conflictive, especially along the Hidalgo/Veracruz border. Cooperative and conflictive processes are integral components of micro-politics. However, there are two conflictive positions about the sign law. This led to various conflictive double-assignments sometimes causing severe compatibility problems between certain products.