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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...

 

17 Jul 2017 | Brussels

Local leaders adopt Daiva Matonienė's opinion on renewable energy and internal electricity market

The Members of the European Committee of the Regions adopted on 16 July a set of legislative and policy recommendations on the Winter Energy Package, presented by the European Commission in November 2016.

 

12 Jul 2017 | Brussels

Rob Jonkman re-elected ECR Group President

Rob Jonkman (Alderman in Opsterland Municipality, the Netherlands) was unanimously re-elected the President of the European Conservative and Reformists Group.

 

07 Jul 2017 | Brussels

ECR Group President calls for continued close EU-UK cooperation and for devolution of powers to European regions

More than 1,200 local government leaders, councillors and ministers attended this year's Local Government Association conference in the United Kingdom.

 

11 May 2017 | Brussels

ECR Group Members call on the President of the European Parliament to focus on areas of added value

The EU should be more localist and focus on areas of added value was the message delivered by ECR Group President Rob Jonkman and ECR Group Member Władysław Ortyl to the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani and Vice-President of the European Commission Jyrki Katainen during the European Committee of the Regions plenary session on May 11.

 

28 Mar 2017 | Vukovar

ECR localism conference in Vukovar calls for a bottom-up and localist EU Cohesion Policy

The third edition of the Localism conference focusing on cohesive development in Europe took place today in Vukovar, Croatia's Slavonia region.

 

17 Mar 2017 | Brussels

Sharing experiences with Ukraine and Belarus

Dr. Pavel Branda, member of the CoR and the Chairman of the Interregional group on cross-border cooperation, was invited as an expert to the international conference "Intersectoral partnership for border territories development: European experience for Ukraine and Belarus" held on March 17-18, 2017 in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

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