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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...

 

19 Apr 2023 | Brussels

Michele Pais on taking digital services to the next level

Members of the ECON Commission have today adopted by unanimity Michele Pais' opinion on the Interoperable Europe Act. The opinion seeks to secure funding for local and regional authorities to "take digital services offered to citizens to the next level" by harmonising opportunities offered by digitalisation in public services across Member States. Digital cohesion can be key to tackling some of the biggest challenges of regions, including depopulation and brain-drain.

 

18 Apr 2023 | Brussels

Local and regional angle of the EU enlargement process

Our Vice-President, Ms Anna Magyar, has made a major step in the process of having her opinion on the 2022 Enlargement Package adopted by the European Committee of the Regions. On 18 April, the members of the CIVEX Commission have voted unanimously in favour of the draft opinion in a sign of appreciation of the complex work done by the rapporteur. The opinion is now scheduled for adoption during July's plenary session of the CoR.

 

13 Apr 2023 | Marche Region

Opportunities to attract employment and investment in the Marche Region

ECR member Andrea Putzu organised on 13 April 2023 a CoR local dialogue event about development opportunities to attract employment and investment in the Marche Region.

 

31 Mar 2023 | Lviv

ECR Members visit Ukraine to discuss regional support through cross-border projects

On Friday 31 March, ECR's First Vice-President Władysław Ortyl and Deputy Marshal of the Podlaskie region Sebastian Łukaszewicz participated in the Poland-Ukraine Partnership Forum in Lviv hosted by the Regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyy.

 

30 Mar 2023 | Brussels

A step towards mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation between EU and UK local and regional authorities

Our ECR Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák was one of the Members of the European Committee of the Regions' UK Contact Group who gathered on 29 March to discuss recent developments regarding EU-UK relations and to attend a ceremony in the European Parliament marking the 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement, which brought an end to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

 

30 Mar 2023 | Brussels

NAT members adopt amendments against health warnings on wine labels

Building a sustainable food framework was the topic of an opinion up for adoption in the March NAT Commission meeting; a topic that aroused a lot of interest from members, in particular, our Italian delegation on the thorny issue of health warning labels on alcohol products.

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