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15 Sep 2026 | Chișinău

President Sandu addresses inaugural CoR–Moldova JCC as ECR delegation stresses local dimension of EU accession

President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu addressed the inaugural meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee between the European Committee of the Regions and Moldova in Chi...

 

13 May 2019 | Brussels

Involving European regions in humanitarian aid

In February this year, I went on a short but intense mission to Ethiopia with Doctors with Africa CUAMM (University College for Aspiring Missionary Doctors), an association with which the Veneto Region has been cooperating for many years in the field of health and the training of medical and paramedical personnel on the African continent.

 

19 Apr 2019 | Brussels

Northern Netherlands; Europe's Hydrogen Valley

The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) of the European Commission have selected the Northern Netherlands to be Europe's first Hydrogen Valley.

 

11 Apr 2019 | Brussels

Improving the European Semester

Upon the request of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Committee of the Regions prepared its position paper on “the European Semester and Cohesion Policy: aligning structural reforms with long-term investments”.

 

11 Apr 2019 | Brussels

David Simmonds: The ECR Group opposes the introduction of conditionality to cohesion policy

On 11 April 2019 David Simmonds, Deputy Leader of the London Borough of Hillingdon in the United Kingdom, spoke on behalf of the ECR Group during the plenary debate on fundamental rights.

 

04 Apr 2019 | Brussels

Reforming the European Semester

Speaking on 4 April at a conference entitled "The coordination of economic policies at EU level, a renewed role for the European Semester'', ECR Group president Rob Jonkman outlined the European Committee of the Regions' views on the need to reform the European Semester, which provides a framework for the coordination of economic policies across the EU.

 

29 Mar 2019 | Brussels

“Disasters know no border, which is why we need to step-up our cross-border cooperation” says Roberto Ciambetti

Mr Roberto Ciambetti (IT/ECR), President of the Veneto Regional Council in Italy and Member of the European Committee of the Regions’ Bureau, is the rapporteur of the European Committee of the Regions representing the opinion of EU’s local and regional governments on how local and regional authorities located along the national border can work together in becoming more resilient to disasters.

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