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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...

 

16 Feb 2023 | Bucharest

Potential of the Carpathians: Marshal Ortyl in Bucharest

The opportunities and challenges faced by the Carpathian macro-region were discussed at the Carpathian conference held in Bucharest, which the President of the Podkarpackie region, Marshal Władysław Ortyl, attended as the CoR rapporteur on A macro-regional strategy for the Carpathian region.

 

15 Feb 2023 | Brussels

EU Buildings Directive represents economic disaster for Italy

President of the Abruzzo region, Marco Marsilio, appealed to the Swedish Presidency to bring "a less fundamentalist and more pragmatic position to the Council on this affair of the energy classification of buildings".

 

15 Feb 2023 | Brussels

Elia Delmiglio: "No to EU ideological approach on air quality targets"

The improvement of air quality and the achievement of ever lower concentrations of pollutants is an ambition of fundamental importance for the protection of the health of citizens by European, national and local institutions. "Reaching near-zero limits in a limited time, however, is an extremely complex path", stated the mayor of Casalpusterlengo, Elia Delmiglio during an ENVE Commission meeting in Brussels.

 

15 Feb 2023 | Brussels

Michele Pais: Investment in regions essential for success of interoperability

At the ECON Commission meeting on 15 February 2023, CoR rapporteur Michele Pais presented his working document to CoR members, calling for a proper involvement and sufficient funding of local and regional authorities in the governance of interoperability. "The Committee of the Regions must work to ensure that cities and regions are appropriately involved throughout the process. Above all, we have to ensure that the costs of digital transition are not all borne by local administrations".

 

10 Feb 2023 | Brussels

President Marsilio: "we must defend our digital sovereignty"

The sudden geopolitical instability generated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has exposed Europe to its weaknesses, including in the area of the EU’s digital policies. In an address to the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager, ECR President Marco Marsilio called for "rethinking our common actions to defend our digital sovereignty".

 

09 Feb 2023 | Brussels

Building an EU Energy Union will only be achieved by not applying a one-size-fits-all approach

The success of building an EU Energy Union lies on the three long-established objectives of EU energy policy: security of supply, sustainability and competitiveness. In the CoR February plenary session, with special guest speaker Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President, Mr Oldřich Vlasák stated that these objectives can only be "achieved through developing the appropriate infrastructure, and by not applying a one-size-fits-all approach".

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