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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...

 

10 Jan 2018 | Brussels

Reforming the EU's Common Agricultural Policy

Members of the ECR Group called on the European Commission to reform and streamline the Common Agricultural Policy at a joint meeting of the Commission for Natural Resources (NAT) of the Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture (AGRI).

 

15 Dec 2017 | Brussels

The Committee of the Regions' Reflecting on Europe initiative comes to Lombardy

Over 11 000 ideas and proposals on the future of Europe from thousands of EU citizens are the first results of the Committee of the Regions' Reflecting on Europe initiative, which on December 15 came to Lombardy Regional Council's Pirelli building. Among the speakers was ECR Group Member Matteo Bianchi.

 

04 Dec 2017 | Vienna

ECR Members welcome the creation of a new Task Force on Subsidiarity, but call for further clarification of its role

ECR Members welcome the creation of a new Task Force on Subsidiarity, but call for further clarification of its role

 

02 Dec 2017 | Brussels

Daiva Matonienė to Commissioner Vestager - Tax competition is a good thing, tax avoidance is not

Speaking during December's debate on competition policy with EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, ECR Group Member Daiva Matonienė said that Europe needed more fiscal competition between its regions.

 

29 Nov 2017 | Brussels

EU environmental policy: Offering local solutions to global problems

On 23 November, the ECR Group in the CoR held a conference dedicated to the role local and regional stakeholders play in global climate change negotiations, the bioeconomy and the circular economy.

 

27 Nov 2017 | Brussels

Addressing social rights without further EU power creep

In response to the European Commission's new plans for a European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group underlined that adressing social rights does not require greater centralisation of social policies in Brussels.

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