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09 Sep 2026 | Brussels

Bianchi: Cutting Red Tape, Respecting Subsidiarity

During the external CIVEX Commission meeting in Limburg, the Netherlands, CoR members exchanged views on the draft opinion “A Simpler, Clearer and Better Enforced EU Rulebook” pres...

 

30 Mar 2023 | Brussels

Strengthening the resilience of our cities and regions: "protection is better than cure"

As the overarching priority for the NAT Commission, the topic of resilience was passionately debated by NAT members, including our ECR member and rapporteur Mario Guarente, in today's NAT Commission meeting of 30 March.

 

30 Mar 2023 | Brussels

A step towards mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation between EU and UK local and regional authorities

Our ECR Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák was one of the Members of the European Committee of the Regions' UK Contact Group who gathered on 29 March to discuss recent developments regarding EU-UK relations and to attend a ceremony in the European Parliament marking the 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement, which brought an end to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

 

22 Mar 2023 | California

Silicon Valley for Vice-President García-Gallardo

The Vice-President of the Junta de Castilla y León, Juan García-Gallardo, is in Silicon Valley, in the Santa Clara Valley in California, as part of the delegation chosen by the European Commission to present Europe as a territory open to investment and innovation.

 

16 Mar 2023 | Brussels

Marco Marsilio: the protection of Europe’s external borders and technological neutrality should be high on EU agenda

One of the key issues on the European political agenda, which has been repeatedly referred to by the Italian Government, is the protection of Europe’s external borders. The March CoR plenary debate with the Swedish Presidency was therefore the perfect opportunity for ECR President Marsilio to highlight this.

 

15 Mar 2023 | Brussels

Roberto Ciambetti: "clear rules and data sharing are the only way to ensure a fair short-term rental market in Europe"

Increased transparency and free access to critical information on short-term rentals in order to fight illegal activities and ensure the availability of affordable housing for local communities were some of the main messages that European cities and regions addressed to the EU institutions through an opinion drafted by Roberto Ciambetti, President of the Veneto Regional Council, adopted by unanimity on 15 March at the plenary of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR).

 

15 Mar 2023 | Brussels

Conservative Presidents of Regions on the frontline of support to Ukraine

In a CoR plenary debate to mark one year of Russia's unjustified aggression against Ukraine, Presidents of Regions from the ECR group underlined the multitude of ways in which they are continuing to provide support to their Ukrainian peers and the Ukrainian people.

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