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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...

 

13 Feb 2022 | Brussels

ECR President Władysław Ortyl addresses European Commission on European funds

On Friday 11 February, ECR President Władysław Ortyl, Marshal of Podkarpackie, addressed the European Commission's representative at the 12th meeting of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER). The main topics of the meeting included issues related to EU's cohesion policy and the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF).

 

11 Feb 2022 | Brussels

ECR Vice-President Marco Marsilio: We need a new push for European cohesion

On 11 February, ECR Vice-President Mr Marco Marsilio, President of the Abruzzo Region attended the meeting of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER). Speaking in the debate with Mr Marc Lemaître, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) at the European Commission, Mr Marsilio called for further reflection on the EU cohesion policy and its tools.

 

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".

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