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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...

 

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.

 

27 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Marco Marsilio welcomes the European Commission's revision of Trans-European Transport Network

Speaking in the high-level debate on transport with Commissioner Adina Vălean, held during the CoR plenary session of January 2022, ECR vice-president, Marco Marsilio, welcomed the recent revision of the Trans-European Transport Network, which reflects the multimodality of the transition.

 

26 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Castelli: "Europe cannot be major international player without its own strategic autonomy"

Following on from President Ortyl's speech on Europe's strategic autonomy, Guido Castelli, Regional Minister of the Marche Region in Italy, took the floor during the CoR plenary to also share his insights on how Europe could play a more central role in the international arena and thereby build a "thriving future for our continent".

 

26 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Roberto Ciambetti criticises a centralised vision of European democracy

According to the ECR Member Roberto Ciambetti, head of the Italian delegation in the CoR and Conference on the Future of Europe CoR delegate, "we are now witnessing a univocal debate on the future of Europe, which seems to move towards a centralised vision of the Union that leaves no room for further interpretations".

 

25 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Anna Magyar elected ECR Vice-President

In today's ECR Group meeting, traditionally held before each CoR plenary session, Ms Anna Magyar was nominated as Vice-President of the ECR Group in the CoR. A long-standing member of the European Committee of the Regions, Ms Magyar is also a former Member of the Hungarian Parliament and currently serves as Member of Csongrád-Csanád County Council in Hungary.

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