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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...

 

16 Apr 2026 | Bratislava

Conservative leaders meet in Bratislava to tackle future EU budget and discuss Europe's demographic crisis

The ECR Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR) held today its annual Summit of Conservative and Reformist regional and local leaders in Bratislava, Slovakia, to outline the solutions needed to make the next EU budget (MFF) fit for today's crises while keeping regions firmly at its centre, and how to promote the right to stay ensuring decent economic conditions for younger generations to stay, work and thrive in their home regions.

 

05 Mar 2026 | Brussels

Centre-right groups join forces in vote to uphold unanimity principle in EU accession process

During today’s debate on the 2025 Enlargement Package, ECR Group Vice-President Anna Magyar underlined how, thanks to the CoR’s centre-right political forces, the principle of unanimity in enlargement matters has been upheld. During her intervention, Ms Magyar stressed that the principle of unanimity in the Council must remain at the core of the EU’s enlargement decisions, making it the key factor shaping any credible path toward accession.

 

05 Mar 2026 | Brussels

Ciszkowski calls for an end to extreme left political violence

During the annual Pawel Adamowicz Award ceremony at the European Committee of the Regions, Adam Ciszkowski, speaking on behalf of the ECR Group, strongly appealed for the protection of democratic values against rising political violence.

 

04 Mar 2026 | Brussels

President Marsilio warns against merging agriculture and cohesion funds during debate with Commissioner Serafin

During today’s plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, ECR Group President Marco Marsilio delivered a strong message on the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) in a debate with European Commissioner for Budget, Piotr Serafin, rejecting any attempt to merge cohesion funding with CAP resources. “Centralising these funds would create an artificial and harmful opposition between regions and farmers. This cannot in any way benefit our territories” he stated.

 

04 Mar 2026 | Brussels

Galligani: “LRAs and SMEs are the backbone of the Single Market”

ECR Rapporteur Lorenzo Galligani's opinion on the "Single Market Strategy" was adopted today by unanimity by the European Committee of the Regions Plenary session.

 

26 Feb 2026 | Brussels

ECR's First VP Ortyl at High-Level Conference on Eastern Border Regions

ECR Group First Vice-President Władysław Ortyl represented the European Committee of the Regions at the Eastern Border Regions High-Level Conference held at the European Commission. The event that brought together EU, national and regional leaders to discuss the future of the EU’s eastern border territories, followed-up on the recent European Commission Communication on the EU’s eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

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