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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 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.

 

27 Apr 2022 | Brussels

Group president Władysław Ortyl calls for new European Union funds for the refugee crisis

Voices in the debate at the 149th plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels on the war in Ukraine included the president of the ECR Group, Marshal Władysław Ortyl of the Podkarpackie region, which over three million Ukrainian refugees have passed through so far.

 

26 Apr 2022 | Brussels

Marco Marsilio elected President of ECR CoR Group as of 29 June

In April's ECR CoR Group meeting, traditionally held before each CoR plenary session, members voted unanimously for Marco Marsilio to assume the Presidency of its group. It’s the first time the group will see its most prominent position led by an Italian, coming into effect on 29 June, which marks the half-way of the current CoR mandate.

 

08 Apr 2022 | Kraków, Poland

Local leaders share experiences in organisation of sporting events

The fourth edition of the Study Days of the ECR Group at the European Committee of the Regions took place in Kraków, the capital of Małopolska region, on 8 April, bringing together numerous speakers including Polish Secretary of State Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, Tomasz Poręba MEP, Matteo Bianchi MP, and Michał Langer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Games. The event was hosted by Witold Kozłowski, Marshal of Małopolska region and focused on organisation of financing sport by local and regional governments.

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