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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...

 

19 Nov 2025 | Brussels

VP Droba brings together stakeholders to discuss his opinion on boosting infrastructure investments

ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba today held a consultation with over a hundred stakeholders to discuss his opinion on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) post-2027. The CEF is a key EU funding programme, part of the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034, that aims to support the financing of strategic infrastructure in the areas of transport and energy.

 

19 Nov 2025 | Brussels

Ciszkowski will lead CoR work on the Consumer Agenda

ECR Member Adam Ciszkowski has been appointed rapporteur for the opinion on the "Consumer Agenda" which includes an action plan for consumers in the Single Market.  The opinion will examine the protection of vulnerable consumers, and it will also tie in to the ongoing work on digital fairness.

 

19 Nov 2025 | Brussels

ECR President Marsilio meets Commissioner Tzitzikostas to defend automotive sector

ECR Group President Marco Marsilio today met with the European Commissioner for Transport Apostolos Tzitzikostas to discuss the automotive crisis and present the key demands of the sector. "Today I had a very fruitful meeting with Commissioner Tzitzikostas with whom I shared the example of the city of Atessa, home to a carmaker factory leader in the production of light commercial vehicles that employs thousands of workers, but which is experiencing a massive decline in production and sales because of the new rules and the drastic shift to electric vehicles", said President Marsilio.

 

19 Nov 2025 | Brussels

Aurigemma and Karácsony on Europe's capacity to respond to emerging threats and crises

ECR members Antonello Aurigemma and Adam Karácsony today held an exchange of views on their opinions that are both part of the broader package on the Preparedness Union Strategy. Aurigemma, President of the Regional Council of Lazio, is rapporteur of the opinion "Preparing the EU for the next health crisis: a Medical Countermeasures Strategy", whilst Mr Karácsony is rapporteur of the opinion "EU Stockpiling strategy: boosting the EU's material preparedness for crisis".

 

13 Nov 2025 | Brussels

ECBP President Pavel Branda chairs annual meeting of European Cross-Border Platform in Gorizia

ECR Member and President of the European Cross-Border Platform Pavel Branda chaired the annual meeting of the ECBP, which took place in in Gorizia and was hosted by President of the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia and ECR member Massimiliano Fedriga. The city of Gorizia is the first cross-border European Capital of Culture together with Nova Gorica. ECR member Roberto Ciambetti spoke at the panel on "Resilient borders", and the meeting included high-level participation, including the keynote address by Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms of the European Commission.

 

12 Nov 2025 | Brussels

Ádám Karácsony speaks at high-level panel on demography in the European Parliament

ECR Member Ádám Karácsony, rapporteur of the opinion "Demographic change in Europe: a toolbox for action", spoke today at the Demographic Congress in the European Parliament - an event organised by ECR Group MEP Marlena Maląg and featuring, among others, EP's Vice-President Antonella Sberna and former Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło MEP.

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