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15 Sep 2026 | Chișinău

President Sandu addresses inaugural CoR–Moldova JCC as ECR delegation stresses local dimension of EU accession

President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu addressed the inaugural meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee between the European Committee of the Regions and Moldova in Chi...

 

18 Apr 2024 | Brussels

EU must support families to reduce child poverty

In a plenary debate on strengthening the European child guarantee and child protection systems at the local and regional level SEDEC ECR Coordinator and recently appointed CoR Rapporteur on the Demographic Toolbox Ádám Karácsony stressed that child poverty is "not an isolated issue" but "deeply connected with the wellbeing of entire families".

 

17 Apr 2024 | Brussels

EU Enlargement cannot be conditional on the revision of EU Treaties

In a plenary debate on the Enlargement package 2023 – Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, our First Vice-President Władysław Ortyl highlighted that it is unfair to use candidate countries as a bargaining chip by tying their future to the issue of having to change the EU Treaties. "It is also wrong to create the impression that there is no alternative to changing the EU Treaties and that the only future is a more centralised union with a concentration of power in Brussels".

 

17 Apr 2024 | Brussels

Untapping the potential of geothermal energy to make the energy transition affordable and accessible

The opinion drafted by József Ribányi, Member of Tolna Megye County Council, was today adopted by unanimity at the CoR plenary session. It underlines that locally produced energy like geothermal has direct benefits for local communities and economies that would "benefit from an EU-wide strategy" and further financial assistance, research and support.

 

17 Apr 2024 | Brussels

ECR Group votes against making housing an EU competence

During the Plenary Session of the European Committee of the Regions, the ECR Group voted against a draft opinion that calls for an EU housing agenda and Treaty change, since housing is not an EU competence.

 

10 Apr 2024 | Brussels

CIVEX members endorse Matteo Bianchi's draft opinion on the fight against drug trafficking

"Half of all homicides in the EU are related to drug trafficking or drug abuse. This is why the opinion calls on all local and regional authorities to intensify cooperation with law enforcement agencies to reduce drug-related violence on the streets of our cities", stated the member of the Local Assembly of Varese in Lombardy.

 

08 Apr 2024 | Brussels

Pavel Branda appointed rapporteur on cross-border emergency services

ECR COTER coordinator Pavel Branda has been appointed rapporteur for the European Committee of the Regions' opinion on "Solving obstacles to the cooperation of emergency services in the EU’s border regions".

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