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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...

 

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.

 

13 Feb 2017 | Brussels

Cllr Wallace discusses the future of devolved powers to North of England with Minister Andrew Percy

Cllr Judith Wallace, ECR Group member and Conservative Group Leader at North Tyneside Council, met with the Minister for the LocalGrowth and the Northern Powerhouse, Andrew Percy M.P. to discuss the future of devolution in the north of England.

 

08 Feb 2017 | Brussels

A new territorial vision to help guide EU policies and spending

Oldřich Vlasak, the CoR rapporteur on territorial vision 2050 met with Iskra Mihaylova MEP, the Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development to discuss a new territorial vision to help guide EU policies and funds after 2020.

 

08 Feb 2017 | Brussels

Reforming the EUs Agriculture policy: Hatch’s call for a focus on young farmers supported by Commissioner Hogan

Alderman Arnold Hatch, ECR member and Rapporteur for the Commission on Natural Resources' (NAT) opinion on 'supporting young European farmers', saw his work unanimously adopted by members of the European Committee of the Regions during the CoR's recent plenary session, which was attended by Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development.

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