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05 Oct 2026 | Brussels

Biondi to shape the future of Europe’s Capitals of Culture

The ECR Group welcomes the appointment of Pierluigi Biondi, Mayor of L’Aquila, to lead work on the European Committee of the Regions' opinion on the future of the European Capitals...

 

11 Feb 2022 | Brussels

Łukasz Smółka urges the European Commission to include Małopolska in the Just Transition Fund

On Friday 11 February, Vice-Marshal of the Małopolska region in Poland Mr Łukasz Smółka attended the remote meeting of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER).

 

08 Feb 2022 | Brussels

Anna Magyar: enlargement is the key to bringing stability and prosperity

Our Vice-President, Ms Anna Magyar, is busy preparing the European Committee of the Regions opinion on the 2021 enlargement package. On 1 February, she presented the first working document to the members of the CIVEX Commission.

 

29 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Juraj Droba to Commissioner Ferreira: we need to look "beyond GDP" in allocation of EU Funds

ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba stressed the importance of providing the Member States with more flexibility to level discrepancies caused by statistics in allocating the EU Funds. The President of the Bratislava region expressed these views in a high-level debate on cohesion with Commissioner Elisa Ferreira and EIB Vice-President Lilyana Pavlova, held during the CoR plenary session of January 2022.

 

28 Jan 2022 | Brussels

EU long-term vision for rural areas: the local perspective

ECR member Oszkár Seszták represented our group during a discussion with European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica and Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski in the January CoR plenary. His main request was the protection of rural areas "given the numerous challenges they face".

 

27 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Building EU's strategic autonomy will increase its resilience to external pressures

Leading the CoR plenary debate on Europe's strategic autonomy was our ECR President, Marshal Władysław Ortyl, who gave an impassioned speech about how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global supply chain leading to a shortage of critical products in Europe, demonstrating that "borders hinder the free movement of people, goods and services".

 

27 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Major reservations for ECR members on CoR Conference on the Future of Europe resolution

The CoR plenary session was fraught with tension as ECR members expressed their reservations over the CoR draft resolution on the Conference on the Future of Europe.

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