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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...

 

12 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Connecting European regions: Transport policy fit for XXI century

Modern transportation – to meet people and business expectations – must be safe, efficient, smart, digital and clean. In addition to sustainability and technological developments, transportation must respond to a variety of challenges such as EU regions having different infrastructure needs as well as disparities in economic and territorial development models.

 

12 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Juraj Droba's opinion calls for regions and cities to be more closely involved in cohesion policy programmes

In supporting this opinion on the effective engagement of local and regional authorities in the cohesion policy programmes for the 2021-27 period drawn up by ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba, CoR members ask for the full respect of the "partnership principle" and its implementation under the new instruments financed by Next Generation EU, such as the Just Transition Fund and the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

 

09 Oct 2021 | Czechia

ODS victorious in Czech Parliamentary elections

On 8-9 October voters were called to the polls in Czechia to elect the 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies. With the ANO party of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš suffering a defeat, the three-party Together (Spolu) coalition won the vote.

 

29 Sep 2021 | Brussels

Rob Jonkman's opinion on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility adopted by the ECON Commission

The Commission for Economic Policy (ECON) of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted today by overwhelming majority the opinion of the ECR First Vice-President Rob Jonkman on the Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (the Facility), following a debate with Members and Maarten Verwey, European Commission's Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.

 

27 Sep 2021 | Brussels

Disaster risk reduction and EU health policy high on the agenda for ECR NAT members

ECR members Adam Banaszak and Roberto Ciambetti shared their insights on these two topics with participants of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Natural Resources (NAT) Commission meeting with Mr Banaszak focusing on disaster risk reduction and Mr Ciambetti on EU health policy.

 

24 Sep 2021 | Lipica

ECR rapporteurs on EU's delivery of timely recovery investments

In the context of the first High-Level Forum on Regional Recovery and Resilience ECR First Vice-President, Mr Rob Jonkman, and ECR Vice-President, Mr Juraj Droba, discussed how investments on the ground could be implemented whilst avoiding delays and overlapping with other EU policies.

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