General information

The 2026 edition of the ECR CoR Group Study Days will take place on 10 July in Warsaw, Poland. The event is hosted by Adam Ciszkowski, ECR Member and Mayor of Halinów, where an opening visit will be held on the evening of 9 July. The main topics of the conference are as follows: 

1. Defending Europe’s Communities: Internal Security, Public Order and Social Cohesion
2. Securing Europe’s Border Regions: Threats, Pressures and Strategic Preparedness

Topics

1. Defending Europe’s Communities: Internal Security, Public Order and Social Cohesion

Urban and local security challenges are increasingly linked to organised crime, drug trafficking, radicalisation, criminal infiltration and the emergence of parallel societal structures. This panel will examine how Europe can better respond to serious violent incidents in public spaces, such as the recent terrorist attacks across Europe, and how Member States, cities and local communities can restore public order, strengthening law-enforcement cooperation and protecting citizens’ safety in everyday life. The discussion will also feature the presentation of New Direction’s recent study, “No-Go Zones: Immigration, Islamisation, and the Rise of Parallel Societies.”

2. Securing Europe’s Border Regions: Threats, Pressures and Strategic Preparedness

Europe’s regions and cities are increasingly affected by a deteriorating landscape from Russia's war against Ukraine and hostile activity along the EU's eastern borders, to hybrid threats targeting critical infrastructure and migratory pressures in the Mediterranean. This panel will explore how to better support exposed territories facing security pressures that go beyond traditional local and regional competences. The discussion will focus on border resilience, critical infrastructure protection and cross-border coordination. It will also examine how European, national, regional and local actors can translate geopolitical awareness into practical preparedness on the ground.

Conference Programme - 10 July 2026                    

08:30-09:00 Registration 09:00-09:30       Opening Speeches by: Adam Ciszkowski, ECR CoR Member and Mayor of Halinów Marco Marsilio, President of the ECR CoR Group and President of the Abruzzo Region Mateusz Morawiecki MP, ECR Party President Antonio Giordano MP, Secretary-General of the ECR Party (tbc) 09:40-11:00 Panel Discussion I - Defending Europe’s Communities: Internal Security, Public Order and Social Cohesion Moderator: Dorota Łosiewicz, deputy editor-in-chief, Sieci weekly Radoslaw Fogiel, Member of the Sejm, Republic of Poland Maxime Hemery-Aymar, Author of the "No-Go Zones" New Direction study, Secretary-General, Observatory of Immigration and Demography Matteo Bianchi,ECR CoR Member and Vice President of the CoR Jarosław Stawiarski, ECR CoR Member and Marshal of the Lubelskie Region Wilhelm Bisschop, Council member, municipality of Zwartewaterland, the Netherlands 11:00-11:15 Family Photo and Coffee break   11:15-12:35 Panel Discussion II - Securing Europe’s Border Regions: Threats, Pressures and Strategic Preparedness Moderator: Jaśmina Nowak, journalist, Radio Wnet  Emanuele Loperfido MP, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Secretary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Italian Chamber of Deputies Daniel Milewski MP, Deputy Chair, Delegation of the Sejm and Senate to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Władysław Ortyl, ECR CoR First Vice-President and President of the Podkarpackie Region Dinesh Rempling, Advisor to the Deputy Executive Director for Capabilities & Director Capability Transformation Division, Capabilities Directorate, FRONTEX Oszkár Seszták, President of County Council of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Vármegye 12:35-12:45 Closing remarks Adam Ciszkowski, ECR CoR Member and Mayor of Halinów