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29 Oct 2026 | Trieste

Fedriga hosted COTER seminar in Trieste, putting regions at the heart of Europe’s cohesion agenda

ECR member and President of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia Massimiliano Fedriga hosted the European Committee of the Regions’ COTER external seminar, bringing regio...

 

28 Feb 2018 | Rypin

The EU supports organic production in Rypin

In 2018, the Polish town of Rypin (Kujawsko-Pomorskie region) – the Mayor of which is ECR Group Member Paweł Grzybowski – will modernise its market facilities.

 

24 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Transatlantic cooperation - going local

Cllr Joe Cooney went to the United States as part of a wider delegation of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe. The delegation consisting of EU, national and local politicians attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and met with representatives of US cities and think-tanks working on localism and transatlantic relations.

 

22 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Three ways to achieve a breakthrough on climate action

An important change took place in Paris in 2015, when the countries agreed on a long-term goal: to restrict the rise in global average temperatures to well below 2°C compared with pre-industrial values.

 

22 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Marcin Ociepa – Deputy Minister for Entrepreneurship and Technology

On 22 February 2018, Marcin Ociepa, a Member of the ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions, was made Undersecretary of State in Poland's Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology. He will be responsible for European affairs.

 

20 Feb 2018 | Brussels

EU local and regional government share best practices with Southern Mediterranean counterparts

As part of the annual meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly's (ARLEM), which brings together local and regional government representatives from EU countries with their counterparts from the Mediterranean, ECR Members Dee Sharpe (Member of East Riding of Yorkshire Council) and David Simmonds (Councillor, London Borough of Hillingdon) met with the Governor of Giza, Egypt to share best-practices and find common solutions to challenges stemming from radicalization of youth to women empowerment.

 

15 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Driverless trains

Back in 2010 Richard Tracey, my predecessor as the Greater London Authority (GLA) Conservatives' Transport Spokesman, wrote and published a report entitled "Driverless Trains".

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