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08 Aug 2026 | Marcinelle

ECR Group President Marco Marsilio Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Marcinelle Disaster

ECR Group President and President of the Abruzzo Region, Marco Marsilio, today took part in the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the Marcinelle mining disaster, one o...

 

14 Dec 2021 | Rome

President Ortyl meets ECR Party leader Giorgia Meloni

The two leaders met in Rome to discuss reforms that the EU urgently needs to undertake including more equal treatment of all Member States, protection of external borders and a greater respect for the principle of subsidiarity.

 

07 Dec 2021 | Brussels

"We cannot succeed without nuclear power"

In a debate on nuclear energy in the December CoR plenary ECR member Ádám Karácsony reminds participants that the EU Treaty gives the right to EU Member States to define their energy mix and can therefore opt for nuclear if they wish.

 

06 Dec 2021 | Brussels

The fight against disinformation

On day two of the CoR December plenary ECR member Anna Magyar debated with Leendert Verbeek of the Council of Europe on the fight against disinformation.

 

05 Dec 2021 | Brussels

ECR Vice-President Droba calls to go "beyond GDP" for cohesion funds

President of the Bratislava region Juraj Droba stated during the CoR plenary December that the debate on the necessity of going “beyond GDP” has been present in international discourse for quite some time and that it is no secret that his region "is one of the most vocal promoters of this initiative".

 

04 Dec 2021 | Brussels

Guido Castelli on the European Year of Youth

"The real challenge we are facing right now – which we must address swiftly, with innovative ideas, ahead of the European Year of Youth – is combating social inequalities as far as possible, and above all youth unemployment, a true scourge of our times".

 

03 Dec 2021 | Brussels

Oldřich Vlasák on reform of EU

ECR Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák shared his views on the need for institutional reform of the EU in the context of a debate on strengthening democracy in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe with Mr Herman Van Rompuy. Referring to a lack of major institutional reform since EU enlargement, Mr Vlasák also evoked the failed constitution referenda and Brexit, which was "due to too much federalisation".

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