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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...

 

28 Jun 2021 | Brussels

Raffaele Fitto's perspective on future of Europe

The ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) was very pleased to welcome the Co-Chairman of the ECR Group in the European Parliament MEP Raffaele Fitto to our Group Meeting which took place ahead of the CoR July plenary to talk about the Conference on the Future of Europe from the perspective of the ECR Group in the European Parliament.

 

22 Jun 2021 | Brussels

Marshal Stawiarski: "Europe's rail sector needs to be strengthened"

ECR Member and Marhsal of the Lubelskie Region in Poland, Jarosław Stawiarski, participated in the COTER Commission meeting on 22 June, during which he highlighted the importance of rail and outlined its huge advantages: "Rail is a genuine alternative to flights for distances up to 800km and it can also replace other land transportations".

 

22 Jun 2021 | Brussels

Juraj Droba's opinion on partnership principles adopted by overwhelming majority

Rapporteur and ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba's opinion on "Effectively engaging local and regional authorities in the preparation of partnership agreements and operational programmes for the 2021-2027 period" was adopted by members of the European Committee of the Regions during the COTER commission meeting on 22 June.

 

21 Jun 2021 | Brussels

Let's vaccinate!

Some of our ECR members are getting vaccinated and sharing their very good reasons and inspiration for getting the jab through the European Committee of the Regions' vaccination campaign, which aims to encourage vaccination take-up across Europe.

 

21 Jun 2021 | Brussels

Tjisse Stelpstra: cities and regions should be involved in the implementation of National Recovery Plans

For Mr Stelpstra the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic should entail the full involvement of regional and local authorities in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs).

 

11 Jun 2021 | Brussels

Post-Brexit Europe - a local government perspective

The full extent of the impact of the UK's leaving the European Union is not yet fully known and consequences for both sides will be far-reaching but two hot topics can already be assessed: the devolution of powers and vaccine rollout on both sides of the English Channel. Both were the subject of lively discussion for participants of the virtual conference on post-Brexit Europe organised by the ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions.

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