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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...

 

04 May 2022 | Strasbourg

ECR local and regional politicians disappointed with the results of the Conference on the Future of Europe

The Conference on the Future of Europe reached its conclusion on Friday the 29th of May. Alongside their colleagues from the European Parliament, ECR Members from the European Committee of the Regions actively contributed to the discussions, but have remained critical of the process and its outcomes.

 

03 May 2022 | Brussels

ECR Group amendment on abandoning Nord Stream projects passes for first time in CoR

The CoR April plenary session saw the unanimous adoption of a resolution on EU regions and cities' support for Ukraine. ECR Group members were particularly relieved to see their amendment calling for the total abandonment of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 projects passing. It is the first time that such an amendment was voted favourably by other CoR members.

 

01 May 2022 | Brussels

Rob Jonkman and the future of taxation in the EU

"We need to maintain unanimity voting on taxation", declared Rob Jonkman during the debate on taxation at the April plenary session of the Committee of the Regions. "As the ECR CoR Group, we cannot support the proposal to remove national vetoes on tax issues that are key to the national economies" he explained.

 

30 Apr 2022 | Brussels

Matteo Bianchi – "EU citizenship can only be promoted by respecting different national specificities"

"We should make sure that the European motto - 'United in diversity' – is implemented. All too often the EU tends to replace it with a centralist rhetoric aimed at imposing a top-down vision" stated Matteo Bianchi.

 

28 Apr 2022 | Brussels

Marshal Stawiarski calls on EU institutions to provide Poland with similar financial support as Turkey to help refugees

The Marshal of Lubelskie Region spoke in a debate on Ukraine held on the first day of the CoR plenary session of 27-28 April, with the participation of Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. As a member of the CoR's European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Marshal Jarosław Stawiarski stressed that we are seeing values such as solidarity and fraternity in action now more than ever.

 

27 Apr 2022 | Brussels

Raymund Kovács and the future of EU-UK subnational relations

The United Kingdom may have decided to renounce its 47-year membership of the EU- "a sovereign decision that we must respect" – but nobody can deny the "definite need for deeper cooperation between local and regional authorities on both sides of the Channel" stated Raymund Kovács.

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