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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...

 

22 Feb 2023 | Moldova

Pavel Branda represents the CoR in Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Moldova

Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine, Members of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly discussed how to take the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative forward. Deputy Mayor of Rádlo Municipality and CORLEAP Bureau member Mr Pavel Branda addressed the Assembly on behalf of the European Committee of the Regions.

 

17 Feb 2023 | Brussels

ECR First VP Władysław Ortyl appointed rapporteur on the Drone Strategy 2.0

The Marshal of the Podkarpackie Region and ECR Frist Vice-President, Władysław Ortyl, has been appointed the European Committee of the Regions' rapporteur for the opinion on A Drone Strategy 2.0. It will outline operational, technical, and financial requirements to regulate the unmanned aircraft eco-system in Europe. A European framework is of key importance for regions and especially cities in order to achieve a responsible inclusion of Urban Air Mobility in the more general strategy for sustainable urban mobility.

 

16 Feb 2023 | Bucharest

Potential of the Carpathians: Marshal Ortyl in Bucharest

The opportunities and challenges faced by the Carpathian macro-region were discussed at the Carpathian conference held in Bucharest, which the President of the Podkarpackie region, Marshal Władysław Ortyl, attended as the CoR rapporteur on A macro-regional strategy for the Carpathian region.

 

15 Feb 2023 | Brussels

EU Buildings Directive represents economic disaster for Italy

President of the Abruzzo region, Marco Marsilio, appealed to the Swedish Presidency to bring "a less fundamentalist and more pragmatic position to the Council on this affair of the energy classification of buildings".

 

15 Feb 2023 | Brussels

Elia Delmiglio: "No to EU ideological approach on air quality targets"

The improvement of air quality and the achievement of ever lower concentrations of pollutants is an ambition of fundamental importance for the protection of the health of citizens by European, national and local institutions. "Reaching near-zero limits in a limited time, however, is an extremely complex path", stated the mayor of Casalpusterlengo, Elia Delmiglio during an ENVE Commission meeting in Brussels.

 

15 Feb 2023 | Brussels

Michele Pais: Investment in regions essential for success of interoperability

At the ECON Commission meeting on 15 February 2023, CoR rapporteur Michele Pais presented his working document to CoR members, calling for a proper involvement and sufficient funding of local and regional authorities in the governance of interoperability. "The Committee of the Regions must work to ensure that cities and regions are appropriately involved throughout the process. Above all, we have to ensure that the costs of digital transition are not all borne by local administrations".

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