After the decision was taken to have less regions in metropolitan France, the success have been mitigated to say least, and many people are unsatisfied.
It was not the first time that French government tried to change regions. A first comitee happened under Balladur, that came up with this, but it was screwed by people of Picardy refusing to but partitioned :
(I have not found any English map, so brown lines are new borders, and yellow departments have several possibilities)
So the new regions are really different, only obtained by fusing former regions.
The question is, do you have propositions for other regions ? The goal is to have the smallest possible number of regions, with cultural proximity, a historical name, and keeping the departments. Suggestions ? (Both maps and vague ideas are welcome)