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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...

 

01 Dec 2022 | Brussels

Local politics and the inclusion of young people

Mayor of Rohožník Peter Švaral shared a best practice example of how to get young people more involved in politics, and it comes in the form of a Youth Council. Its creation in the Slovakian village of Rohožník is now even officially included in the municipal law.

 

01 Dec 2022 | Brussels

Veszprém – a city for the youth

Building a better, more sustainable and inclusive future is only possible with the participation of our young people, and their inclusion in the decision-making process. In that vein, 2022 was selected by the European Union as the European Year of Youth to represent the recognition of the sacrifices young people had to make during the pandemic and the ensuing challenges they currently face.

 

01 Dec 2022 | Brussels

Marshal Kozłowski: Energy stability should be our overarching goal

During the second day of the CoR 152nd plenary session, a debate on the energy crisis and its consequences for European households took place, during which Marshal Witold Kozłowski spoke on behalf of the ECR Group. Mr Kozłowski is the Marshal of the Małopolska region in Poland and the Acting Coordinator of the ECR Group in the CoR on environment.

 

29 Nov 2022 | Brussels

Vice-Marshal Łukasz Smółka meets European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski

Fruitful discussions were held between the Vice-Marshal and European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski during Mr Smółka's recent visit to Brussels.

 

10 Nov 2022 | L'Aquila, Italy

Political declaration to instil new impetus into cooperation amongst conservative and reformist politicians

The ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions today held its fourth annual Localism Summit in the Abruzzo region in Italy during which conservative and reformist local and regional leaders confirmed their willingness to strengthen bilateral relations in the form of a political declaration.

 

09 Nov 2022 | Liberec

Rebuilding Ukraine among key themes of CORLEAP meeting in Liberec

The European Green Deal, crisis management and rebuilding Ukraine were the themes of the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP), which brought together in Liberec representatives of cities and municipalities not only from the European Union but also Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Belarus is also part of the Eastern Partnership but its membership has been suspended due to undemocratic developments and repression in recent years, as Pavel Branda, chairman of the Commission for international cooperation of the Union of towns and municipalities of the Czech Republic and ECR Group Member in the CoR said.

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