Rob Jonkman (Alderman in Opsterland Municipality, the Netherlands) was unanimously re-elected the President of the European Conservative and Reformists Group. The mid-term election held on 12 July 2017 saw Dutch Alderman Rob Jonkman re-elected the President of the Group. The first Vice-President is now Oldřich Vlasák (Czech Republic) and the other Vice-President's are Cllr Joe Cooney (United Kingdom) and Adam Banaszak (Poland).

Following his selection as the President of the ECR Group, Rob Jonkman said: "I look forward to continuing my work in aiming to achieve greater localism and realism in the EU. Europe is currently at a cross-roads and we will need to decide on the future of our Union. Our Group will continue to push for a reformed EU where decisons are taken as close to the citizens as possible."

Alderman Jonkman has been a Member of the ECR Group in the CoR since 2014, and has been the Group's Spokesperson on Economic Policy. Rob Jonkman has been Alderman of the municipality of Opsterland since 2010. Before becoming Alderman, Mr Jonkman represented the ChristenUnie as council member within the municipality of Opsterland. Mr Jonkman has been a Member of the Committee on European and International Affairs within the Dutch Association of Municipalities (VNG) since 2010 and has been a Member of the Advisory Board of the Knowledge Centre Europa Decentraal since 2014.

Oldřich Vlasák (Councillor of the City of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic) was re-elected as Vice-President and has now become the first Vice-President. Oldřich Vlasák is a Councillor of the City of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic. In the CoR, apart from his role as the ECR Group Vice-President, he has been also the Group's Deputy Coordinator on the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER). In December 2015 the CoR adopted his report on "territorial vision 2050: what future?", in which he calls for a stronger bottom-up approach to EU policies and for existing funds to be streamlined and simplified. Mr Vlasák is former Vice President of the European Parliament responsible for the European Parliament's relations with the CoR.

Cllr Joe Cooney (Pendle Borough Council, UK) was also re-elected as Vice-President. During his work for the CoR, for which he has been a member of since 26 January 2015, Cllr Cooney has been an active members of the CoR's Commission for Economic Policy (ECON). He is currently the Leader of the ECR Group's UK delegation and Member of the UK CoR delegation. His main expertise is in the field of economic and monetary affairs. Back in the UK, Cllr Joe Cooney is a Conservative Councillor based in Colne in Lancashire, where he is Conservative Leader of Pendle Borough Council.

Adam Banaszak (Vice-President of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Regional Parliament) was elected as a new Vice-President. Mr Banaszak is a Member of the Polish Delegation to the CoR and the Group's Coordinator for the Commission for Natural Resources (NAT). He has been the Committee of the Regions' rapporteur on numerous opinions such as the "Action Plan on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030", "working together for jobs and growth", "blue growth" and the "blue economy". He has worked in local government as a Councillor and a financial expert for more than 20 years.