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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...

 

11 Oct 2017 | Brussels

EU's silence on Catalonia - We need a union of values, not a union of selective approaches

During the 11 October Plenary session, members of the CoR discussed Catalonia's disputed "self-determination referendum", which the Spanish government has declared as illegal.

 

10 Oct 2017 | Brussels

Climate change - Oldřich Vlasák calls on the European Commission to uphold the subsidiarity principle

ECR Group Vice-President, Oldřich Vlasák (Councillor of the City of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic) addressed European Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete (responsible for Climate Action and Energy) during the CoR plenary session on 10 October.

 

08 Oct 2017 | Brussels

Obituary

ECR Member Cllr Robert Gordon CBE, who had been fighting cancer, passed away in October of this year.

 

01 Oct 2017 | Manchester

ECR hosts fringe event at UK Conservative Party Conference 2017

The ECR Group of the European Committee of the Regions hosted its third fringe event at this year's Conservative Party Conference, which took place in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 2 October.

 

01 Sep 2017 | Tallinn

Arnold Hatch endorses Jim Nicholson's call for EU Emergency Funding for Northern Ireland

Alderman Arnold Hatch (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Northern Ireland, UK/ Member of CoR and ECR Group Presidency/ President of the Northern Ireland Local Government Association) speaking at the European Committee of the Regions' Bureau meeting in Tallinn, Estonia this morning, endorsed the call of the MEP for Northern Ireland, Jim Nicholson, to European Commissioner Phil Hogan to provide EU Emergency Funding for farmers and agri-businesses and all those affected by the flash floods in Northern Ireland.

 

01 Aug 2017 | Brussels

Cities and regions underline the EU added-value of people-to-people and small-scale projects in cross-border areas

Local and regional elected representatives believe that more importance should be attached to people-to-people and small-scale projects in the framework of cross-border cooperation programmes, in order to overcome obstacles at borders and to integrate border areas and their citizens.

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