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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...

 

30 Jun 2022 | Brussels

Oldřich Vlasák: "Czech Presidency of EU will symbolise new period in Europe's history"

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is set to dominate agenda of the Czech Presidency of the EU with many referring to it as a "crisis Presidency".

 

30 Jun 2022 | Brussels

Matteo Bianchi on the Conference on the Future of Europe

During last week Matteo Bianchi, an ECR Member from Varese in Italy, took the floor to discuss the Conference on the Future of Europe. The results and conclusions of the Conference came up for discussion at the mid-term Plenary of the European Committee of the Regions, at which the Parliamentary Co-Chair of the Conference, Guy Verhofstadt, was present, and were followed by a vote on the CoR's resolution on the conference.

 

30 Jun 2022 | Brussels

Marshal Przybylski on the challenges with implementing the Just Transition Fund

On the second day of the European Committee of the Region's plenary session, Cezary Przybylski, Marshal of the Lower Silesia region in Poland, took part in the debate on EU local matters, during which he spoke about the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and the challenges associated with its implementation.

 

30 Jun 2022 | Brussels

More help needed for EU regions hosting refugees from Ukraine

The effects of the war in Ukraine, ways to help refugees and the impact on cohesion funds were topics of discussion at the European Committee of the Regions' plenary session meeting in Brussels, in which Marshal Władysław Ortyl took active part. The ECR Group First Vice-President called on the EU institutions to provide EU regions hosting the highest number of refugees with more financial assistance.

 

30 Jun 2022 | Brussels

Donatella Tesei takes part in the CoR plenary session for the first time

On the margins of the Committee of the Regions midterm plenary session, ECR Member and President of the Umbria Region Ms Donatella Tesei, spoke on her region, regional politics, and the green transition.

 

29 Jun 2022 | Brussels

An EU without antisemitism must be the common goal

This week on the 29th of June, Mr Ádam Karácsony, Vice-President of the Pest county and a Hungarian Member of the ECR Group in the CoR, saw his opinion on the European Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life adopted by the CoR plenary.

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