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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...

 

28 May 2025 | Brussels

ECR members stress importance of merit-based accession process for candidate countries

"As a former rapporteur of the CoR opinions on the Enlargement Package, I would like to highlight the consistency with which we have stressed the importance of implementing fiscal decentralization measures in the EU candidate countries", said Ms Magyar addressing local and regional representative from EU candidate and potential candidate countries in Brussels during the plenary session of the Enlargement Day.

 

21 May 2025 | Venice

Venice hosts high-level talks on agricultural and wine industry challenges

Local and regional representatives from across Europe, as well as representatives from the agricultural sector, participated in a high-level NAT Commission Meeting in Venice, Italy, hosted by ECR Member and NAT First Vice-President Mr Roberto Ciambetti who also serves as the President of the Veneto Regional Council.

 

15 May 2025 | Brussels

Ilpo Heltimoinen: EU-UK relationship must be strengthened in strategic areas

"We must further build the EU-UK relationship, especially in areas where we can be strong together such as energy security, defence and technology" said ECR member Ilpo Heltimoinen in the debate on the EU-UK relationship held at the European Committee of the Regions' plenary session.

 

15 May 2025 | Brussels

EU budget should reflect real needs at local level, ECR VP Droba says

"When designing the next EU budget, several new priorities need to be funded. Redesigning the EU budget should therefore be combined with re-evaluating programmes of less priority". ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba represented the Group in today's CoR plenary session in a debate on the future of the EU budget.

 

15 May 2025 | Brussels

Pavel Branda praises Moldova's efforts and resilience on path to EU accession

During the CoR plenary debate with Crsitina Gherasimov, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration of Moldova, ECR Member Pavel Branda praised the country's efforts and resilience in securing Moldova's place in the European Union.

 

14 May 2025 | Brussels

Ádám Karácsony underlines importance of refocusing research investments

In designing the next EU budget, we must have a sober look at the reality: we have several new essential priorities that need to be funded. We have conflicts at Europe's external borders, trade with our closest allies is rapidly changing, and we have to repay our RRF borrowing". This was the main message of ECR SEDEC Coordinator Ádám Karácsony during the debate on the European Research Area with Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation.

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