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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...

 

03 Dec 2024 | Budapest

Ádám Karácsony hosts SEDEC members in Budapest with a focus on Europe's demographic challenges

ECR Member Ádám Karácsony today hosted a group of members from the SEDEC Commission for a study visit in Budapest, on "Demography and LRAs navigating challenges and opportunities". ECR Vice-President Anna Magyar and members Robert Zeman and Elia Delmiglio also participated.

 

29 Nov 2024 | Monza

Automotive Regions Alliance gathers in Monza urging early review of CO2 regulation for cars

The Automotive Regions Alliance (ARA) met today in Monza, Italy, which saw the adoptiong of a declaration that calls for a more gradual approach to the energy transition, and for an earlier review, already in 2025, of the regulation setting CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans. This would provide European automakers with sufficient time to adjust to the transition. The ECR Group was represented by President Marco Marsilio, who delivered a keynote speech, and members Roberto Ciambetti, Matteo Bianchi and Elia Delmiglio.

 

21 Nov 2024 | Brussels

Władysław Ortyl: a strong Cohesion Policy should support job creation and innovation

ECR CoR Group First-Vice President and President of the Podkarpackie region Władysław Ortyl intervened during the debate on a renewed Cohesion Policy post 2027 during the CoR Plenary session, when he pointed out that Cohesion Policy should ensure effectiveness and meet the requirement of accountability.

 

21 Nov 2024 | Brussels

Cooperation with Africa is crucial to discourage illegal migration, ECR members say

Robert Zeman and Lorenzo Galligani spoke at the CoR Plenary debate on the EU-Africa strategy with European Commissioner for International Partnership Jutta Urpilainen underlined how the enormous potential of the African continent and its essential role in addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing the European Union.

 

20 Nov 2024 | Brussels

Juraj Droba warns of green measures repercussions on jobs and livelihoods

As COP29 delegate for the ECR Group, President of Bratislava Region Juraj Droba, stressed during the COP 29 debate on how a rapid transition to a green economy can have serious repercussions, especially when it impacts jobs and livelihoods.

 

20 Nov 2024 | Brussels

Pavel Branda calls to step up efforts to remove obstacles to cross-border regions' emergency services

Adopted in today's CoR plenary session, the opinion notes that in extraordinary large-scale crises, cross-border cooperation among emergency services is relatively smooth thanks to EU legislation and inter-state agreements. However, the rapporteur pointed to the complications encountered by everyday cross-border cooperation among rescue services such as "legal and administrative barriers, financial issues, and technical obstacles, such as communications systems".

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