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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...

 

02 Feb 2017 | Brussels

Achieving disaster resilient development

Adam Banaszak (Vice President of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Regional Parliament in Poland) is the Committee of the Regions' rapporteur on the "Action Plan on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2020: A disaster risk-informed approach for all EU policies.

 

02 Jan 2017 | Brussels

Daiva Matonienė representing local and regional government views on renewable energy and the internal electricity market

European Conservatives and Reformists Group member Daiva Matonienė, Member of Šiauliai City Municipal Council in Lithuania, will manage the European Committee of the Regions' work on 'Renewable energy and internal electricity market'.

 

08 Dec 2016 | Brussels

Local and regional politicians debate the future of the EU

In December 2016, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the CoR hosted an extraordinary group meeting, attended by ECR Group members, MPs and local and regional politicians from across Europe, discussing the future of the European Union.

 

07 Dec 2016 | Brussels

President of Poland’s Podkarpackie Region Władysław Ortyl becomes Chairman of Carpathians interregional group

Władysław Ortyl, Marshal of the Podkarpackie Region of Poland is chairing the new Carpathians interregional group bringing together local and regional politicians from the European Committee of the Regions to address common challenges.

 

07 Dec 2016 | Brussels

ECR workshop calls for a decentralised, bottom-up system of EU governance

A European Union that puts localism at the heart of its plans for the future was the main message from the ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions' debate on the future of the EU and territorial vision.

 

06 Dec 2016 | Brussels

ECR President calls on Commission Vice-President to prioritise less regulation and greater empowerment of citizens

The EU can achieve better governance in 2017 through greater localism was the message delivered by ECR President Rob Jonkman to European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans during the Committee of the Regions 120th plenary session.

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