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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...

 

12 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Striking a balance between animal rights and safety of our cities and regions

"Earth is home to millions of species and we need to do our best to preserve them. In all EU regions local populations coexist with animals. I understand that the interaction of humans with animals differs significantly from region to region and that some animals such as wolves or bears may cause damages and conflicts with human activities in certain situations.

 

10 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Podkarpackie region benefits from new EU instrument tackling youth unemployment

The Joint Action Plan (JAP) is a new tool designed to help find work for some 13 000 young people (aged 29 or under) in Podkarpackie region in Poland. It covers people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs).

 

01 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Rob Jonkman: No to EU tax

"We must not fall into the trap of using the current debate over the future of our economic and monetary affairs to create an EU system where we would be trying to bribe citizens with their own money. Creating new taxes at EU level will lead to more criticism of centralisation of powers in Brussels", said ECR Group President Rob Jonkman in a plenary debate with Commissioner Pierre Moscovici.

 

01 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Local and regional politicians outline reforms needed for more effective European Structural Investment post-2020

"Bold simplification putting local and regional beneficiaries at the heart of the post-2020 structural investments will help ensure that the European Union's next long-term budget better responds to the challenges facing regions and cities", said Oldřich Vlasák, rapporteur for the opinion on the final conclusions and recommendations of the High Level Group on Simplification for post-2020, adopted unanimously by the European Committee of the Regions on 1 February 2017.

 

01 Feb 2018 | Brussels

Commission attempts to punish Poland's local and regional authorities are not in line with EU rules

Europe's local and regional politicians rejected any political ex-post conditionality, which would mean that local and regional authorities in Poland could see their funding suspended as a result of procedure triggered by the European Commission against Poland.

 

31 Jan 2018 | Brussels

Structured dialogue with Frans Timmermans - Oldřich Vlasák calls for more localism in planning the EU budget

ECR Group Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák called on the European Commission's First Vice-President Frans Timmermans to improve EU governance structures and include local and regional government in decisions concerning the future EU budget.

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