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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...

 

18 May 2022 | Brussels

Partnerships for Regional Innovation: Abruzzo, Podkarpackie, Trnava, Veneto and Hungary selected for Pilot Action

The European Commission announced on the 17th of May the 63 regions, seven cities and four Member States selected in the pilot project for Partnerships for Regional Innovation, an initiative developed together with the European Committee of the Regions. Participants in the pilot action are open to share good practices and to co-develop and test tools to mobilise multiple sources of funding and policies, and connect regional and national programmes to EU initiatives for the green and digital transformations. Among the selected partners are the Italian regions of Abruzzo and Veneto, Trnava in Slovakia and Podkarpackie in Poland, as well as Hungary (as a country).

 

17 May 2022 | Brussels

ECR members demand immediate action to assist EU regions helping refugees

On 12 May 2022 the 12th ECON Commission meeting of the European Committee of the Regions was held, and well-attended by ECR members. During the debate on the war in Ukraine the ECR members were very active in highlighting the severe consequences of the war and its economic repercussions. They demanded that strong and swift action be taken.

 

12 May 2022 | Brussels

Pavel Branda speaks at cross-border tourism event on the Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on the tourism sector

"Smart, sustainable and resilient approaches to tourism are needed with more emphasis on interregional tourism", noted Pavel Branda while chairing a debate on the impact of the current geopolitical situation on cross-border tourism. Mr Branda, Deputy Mayor of Rádlo in Czechia, opened the debate highlighting first of all the devastating results of the Russia-Ukraine war, in particular that the consequences of war have reached the EU and most of all the EU countries bordering Ukraine and Russia.

 

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.

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