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05 Oct 2026 | Brussels

Biondi to shape the future of Europe’s Capitals of Culture

The ECR Group welcomes the appointment of Pierluigi Biondi, Mayor of L’Aquila, to lead work on the European Committee of the Regions' opinion on the future of the European Capitals...

 

05 Dec 2019 | Brussels

ECR President: "Our local communities want laws that are simple, flexible and implementable."

ECR President Rob Jonkman (Member of the Executive Council of Opsterland in the Netherlands) called for the EU to be more localist and less burdensome for citizens.

 

04 Dec 2019 | Brussels

Tadeusz Andrzejewski: Progress of Eastern Partnership warrants extra money

The European Union's partnership with six countries on its eastern border, including Ukraine, should receive significantly more money in the next decade, the European Committee of the Regions said on 5 December in a set of recommendations that also called for the EU to work harder to extend the benefits of cooperation beyond national capitals.

 

04 Dec 2019 | Brussels

Local and regional authorities adopt Juraj Droba's opinion on metropolitan regions

During the 137th European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Plenary, that took place on 4-5 December in Brussels, regional and local leaders delivered their recommendations for the preparation of the next generation of cohesion programmes, which set the basis for cohesion policy implementation for the 2021-2027 period.

 

04 Dec 2019 | Brussels

Local and regional elected representatives call for a fifth macro-regional strategy

At its December plenary session, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted an opinion on a macro-regional strategy for the Carpathians, following an initiative by the Marshal of the Podkarpackie region Władysław Ortyl (PL/ECR).

 

22 Nov 2019 | Rome

Roberto Ciambetti: “Diversity, individual identities and the regions of Europe are values that must be protected”

On 22 November 2019, ECR Group Member Roberto Ciambetti (President of the Veneto Regional Council) delivered a speech at the 9th Subsidiarity Conference in Rome, Italy.

 

18 Nov 2019 | Venice

Venice hosts first ever ECR CoR Study Days

The first-ever ECR CoR Study Days brought together local and regional leaders from nine EU Member States, as well as other leading thinkers from academia, government and EU institutions.

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