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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 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Tjisse Stelpstra's view on EU Green Deal from a local perspective

In a CoR plenary debate with Commissioner Sinkevičius on the European Green Deal, Mr Stelpstra, regional minister in the Province of Drenthe, used the opportunity to showcase his own province's efforts in the fight against climate change.

 

13 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Roberto Ciambetti highlights fundamental role of local authorities in building resilient communities

On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) held a plenary debate with Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, on how to increase resilience to disasters. ECR member Roberto Ciambetti emphasised the importance of taking a coordinated approach to reduce risks.

 

12 Oct 2021 | Brussels

ECR Group in the CoR welcomes new members

The ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions welcomes Hungarian members István Bóka, Barbara Szilvia Hegedűs, János Ádám Karácsony, Lajos Kovács, Anna Magyar, László Majthényi, József Ribányi, Oszkár Seszták, Boglárka Bánné Gál, Attila Kiss, Zoltán Németh, Attila Pál, Nándor Skuczi, Róbert Szabó, Ferenc Temerini, Botond Vántsa who serve as members of regional or local assemblies in Hungary. We are very pleased to also welcome two Italian members Guido Castelli, Regional Minister of the Marche Region, and Donatella Tesei, President of the Umbria Region.

 

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.

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