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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...

 

19 Mar 2021 | Brussels

Interregional cooperation can help reduce impact of pandemic on economy

During a plenary debate on the coordination of border management during the pandemic and impact on local communities and commuters, ECR Member Cezary Przybylski, Marshal of the Lower Silesia region in Poland, recounted the many challenges they faced following the onset of the epidemic emergency in March last year.

 

18 Mar 2021 | Brussels

Juraj Droba: vaccination will help put an end to the pandemic

This was the main sentiment of ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba's intervention in a debate on the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

18 Mar 2021 | Brussels

Oldřich Vlasák argues against minimum wage setting at the EU level

During a debate on adequate minimum wages in the EU, ECR Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák wholeheartedly agreed that "fair and adequate wages is something we all desire for every European".

 

18 Mar 2021 | Brussels

Recovery and Resilience Facility and European Semester lack sufficient involvement of local and regional authorities

A debate on the EU's recovery and trade policy took place during the European Committee of the Region's March plenary and featured European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis.

 

18 Mar 2021 | Brussels

Integration of migrants is a two-way street

In a debate on the integration of migrants and the fight against radicalisation with Commissioner Ylva Johansson, ECR Member Matteo Bianchi repeatedly called for economic migration to be "controlled" and in the "hands of democratically elected central governments".

 

18 Mar 2021 | Brussels

Renovation Wave: an opportunity to overcome the economic crisis

ECR Member Marshal Witold Kozłowski highlighted to participants in the European Committee of the Regions' plenary session the huge opportunity offered by the Renovation Wave initiative to overcome the economic crisis caused by the pandemic – it will allow the creation of jobs, improve people's well-being and combat energy poverty.

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