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08 Aug 2026 | Marcinelle

ECR Group President Marco Marsilio Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Marcinelle Disaster

ECR Group President and President of the Abruzzo Region, Marco Marsilio, today took part in the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the Marcinelle mining disaster, one o...

 

04 Dec 2017 | Vienna

ECR Members welcome the creation of a new Task Force on Subsidiarity, but call for further clarification of its role

ECR Members welcome the creation of a new Task Force on Subsidiarity, but call for further clarification of its role

 

02 Dec 2017 | Brussels

Daiva Matonienė to Commissioner Vestager - Tax competition is a good thing, tax avoidance is not

Speaking during December's debate on competition policy with EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, ECR Group Member Daiva Matonienė said that Europe needed more fiscal competition between its regions.

 

29 Nov 2017 | Brussels

EU environmental policy: Offering local solutions to global problems

On 23 November, the ECR Group in the CoR held a conference dedicated to the role local and regional stakeholders play in global climate change negotiations, the bioeconomy and the circular economy.

 

27 Nov 2017 | Brussels

EU Funds – keeping it simple

Oldřich Vlasák (Councillor for the City of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic / Vice-President of the ECR Group) has been appointed by fellow local and regional politicians as rapporteur for the European Committee of the Region's opinion on 'Final Conclusions and Recommendations of the High Level Group on Simplification post-2020'.

 

27 Nov 2017 | Brussels

Addressing social rights without further EU power creep

In response to the European Commission's new plans for a European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group underlined that adressing social rights does not require greater centralisation of social policies in Brussels.

 

24 Nov 2017 | Brussels

New ECR Member presents the unique and multicultural Vilnius region

The region surrounding the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, is unique in Lithuania not only because of its size but also its multicultural character.

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