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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...

 

08 Dec 2016 | Brussels

Local and regional politicians debate the future of the EU

In December 2016, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the CoR hosted an extraordinary group meeting, attended by ECR Group members, MPs and local and regional politicians from across Europe, discussing the future of the European Union.

 

07 Dec 2016 | Brussels

President of Poland’s Podkarpackie Region Władysław Ortyl becomes Chairman of Carpathians interregional group

Władysław Ortyl, Marshal of the Podkarpackie Region of Poland is chairing the new Carpathians interregional group bringing together local and regional politicians from the European Committee of the Regions to address common challenges.

 

07 Dec 2016 | Brussels

ECR workshop calls for a decentralised, bottom-up system of EU governance

A European Union that puts localism at the heart of its plans for the future was the main message from the ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions' debate on the future of the EU and territorial vision.

 

06 Dec 2016 | Brussels

ECR President calls on Commission Vice-President to prioritise less regulation and greater empowerment of citizens

The EU can achieve better governance in 2017 through greater localism was the message delivered by ECR President Rob Jonkman to European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans during the Committee of the Regions 120th plenary session.

 

01 Dec 2016 | Brussels

Pavel Branda appointed rapporteur on people-to-people projects

Pavel Branda, ECR member and Deputy Mayor of Radio Municipality, has been appointed rapporteur for the European Committee of the Regions' opinion on 'People-to-people projects and small scale projects in cross-border cooperation programmes'.

 

01 Dec 2016 | Brussels

Improving the European Semester

Rob Jonkman is rapporteur for the Committee of the Regions' opinion on improving the governance of the European Semester: a code of conduct for the involvement of local and regional authorities. The opinion looks at how the EU tool for coordination economic and fiscal policy coordination can be improved through a more localist approach.

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