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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 Mar 2022 | Marseille, France

ECR President calls on the CoR to support Ukraine’s EU candidate country status

"The challenges are huge. A great wave of human solidarity and assistance to those in need, along with resistance to aggression, has been set in motion", said ECR CoR Group President Marshal Władysław Ortyl during the ninth edition of the European Summit of Regions and Cities, held in Marseille under the theme "Citizens at the heart of Europe". Mr Ortyl attended the summit remotely.

 

17 Mar 2022 | Marseille, France

Cross-border cooperation at the European Summit of Regions and Cities

"The situation in Ukraine is unprecedented and that's why a unique approach to cross-border cooperation with our eastern neighbour will be needed once the war is over", said Marshal Władysław Ortyl during the panel on cross-border cooperation at the Marseille Summit. The ECR CoR Group President connected remotely from Poland to the meeting in Marseille's amphitheatre.

 

15 Mar 2022 | Brussels

Statement of local and regional politicians condemning the kidnapping of Ukrainian Mayors

As Members of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Committee of the Regions, we stand in full solidarity with all democratically and legally elected representatives of Ukrainian local authorities who have been subjected to the most severe conditions in recent weeks.

 

10 Mar 2022 | Brussels

"Ambitious renovation targets to meet EU climate objectives should be non-binding"

Tjisse Stelpstra concluded his many interventions in the March ENVE Commission meeting with this message. Actively taking the floor in several of the debates on the European Commission's Fit-for-55 package, the Drenthe regional minister clearly stated that targets should be indicative.

 

10 Mar 2022 | Marseille, France

Anna Magyar: EU should work to restore confidence in the Western Balkans

At the European Summit of Regions and Cities held in Marseille on 3-4 March, ECR Vice-President Anna Magyar (County Councillor in Csongrád Megye, Hungary) regretted the EU's lack of vision with regard to the Western Balkan countries:

 

10 Mar 2022 | Marseille, France

"Europe needs to stop chasing ecology and build geopolitical vision"

On the eve of the 9th European Summit of Regions and Cities we warmly welcomed French writer and columnist for Le Figaro, Max-Erwann Gastineau, to our ECR Group meeting in Marseille to discuss Russia's war on Ukraine and the current political situation in France as it holds the Presidency of the Council.

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