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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 2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria

Security, Migration and Foreign Interference in the Western Balkans

ECR CoR Vice-President Anna Magyar, and recently nominated CoR Rapporteur on the Enlargement Package, featured as one of the key speakers at the New Direction Western Balkans Summit 2022, which took place on 3 December in Sofia, Bulgaria.

 

03 Dec 2022 | Brussels

Podkarpackie region offering support for Ukrainian companies

Discussion took place at the European Committee of the Regions on how to help Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises. This difficult and sensitive topic was raised during the debate on local affairs in the European Union and was presented by the ECR First Vice-President Mr Władysław Ortyl.

 

01 Dec 2022 | Brussels

Local politics and the inclusion of young people

Mayor of Rohožník Peter Švaral shared a best practice example of how to get young people more involved in politics, and it comes in the form of a Youth Council. Its creation in the Slovakian village of Rohožník is now even officially included in the municipal law.

 

01 Dec 2022 | Brussels

Veszprém – a city for the youth

Building a better, more sustainable and inclusive future is only possible with the participation of our young people, and their inclusion in the decision-making process. In that vein, 2022 was selected by the European Union as the European Year of Youth to represent the recognition of the sacrifices young people had to make during the pandemic and the ensuing challenges they currently face.

 

01 Dec 2022 | Brussels

Marshal Kozłowski: Energy stability should be our overarching goal

During the second day of the CoR 152nd plenary session, a debate on the energy crisis and its consequences for European households took place, during which Marshal Witold Kozłowski spoke on behalf of the ECR Group. Mr Kozłowski is the Marshal of the Małopolska region in Poland and the Acting Coordinator of the ECR Group in the CoR on environment.

 

29 Nov 2022 | Brussels

Vice-Marshal Łukasz Smółka meets European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski

Fruitful discussions were held between the Vice-Marshal and European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski during Mr Smółka's recent visit to Brussels.

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