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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...

 

29 Jan 2021 | Brussels

Substantive support required for local and regional authorities to implement ambitious goals of Renovation Wave

Keen to point out and recognise the obvious merits of the Renovation Wave, ECR Member Jakub Chełstowski just as eagerly reiterated the necessity to offer substantive support for local and regional authorities to implement the ambitious goals of the Renovation Wave.

 

27 Jan 2021 | Brussels

Councillor Godek: EU Recovery Fund can achieve greater territorial cohesion if supported by all stakeholders

In addition to economic recovery, the main objective of national recovery plans is to achieve greater territorial cohesion. However, according to ECR Member Robert Godek, this is only possible with "good cooperation between local and regional authorities, the European Union and central government".

 

06 Jan 2021 | Brussels

Quality of life must be improved in rural areas or we won't have farmers

The ECR Group were delighted to welcome the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Janusz Wojciechowski, to our group meeting on 7 December in the context of the European Committee of the Regions plenary session to discuss the future of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy as well as the importance of localism in food production.

 

04 Jan 2021 | Brussels

Development of a new macro-regional strategy mechanism only way forward

One of the topics discussed at the 141st plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions was the macro-regional strategy for the Carpathian region.

 

22 Dec 2020 | Brussels

The pandemic has drastically reduced cross-border cooperation – now we need to kickstart it again

In an interview with Euractiv, ECR Member Pavel Branda highlighted the need for an appropriate legislative framework for the development of cross-border public services, which are a "more sophisticated form of cross-border cooperation".

 

14 Dec 2020 | Brussels

President Ortyl calls for deepened cooperation with people of Belarus

On the 2nd day of the winter plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, ECR President and Marshal of the Podkarpackie region in Poland, Mr Władysław Ortyl urged deepened cooperation with Belarus in order to further democratisation and overall economic growth in the country.

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