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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...

 

11 Feb 2022 | Brussels

ECR Vice-President Marco Marsilio: We need a new push for European cohesion

On 11 February, ECR Vice-President Mr Marco Marsilio, President of the Abruzzo Region attended the meeting of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER). Speaking in the debate with Mr Marc Lemaître, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) at the European Commission, Mr Marsilio called for further reflection on the EU cohesion policy and its tools.

 

08 Feb 2022 | Brussels

Anna Magyar: enlargement is the key to bringing stability and prosperity

Our Vice-President, Ms Anna Magyar, is busy preparing the European Committee of the Regions opinion on the 2021 enlargement package. On 1 February, she presented the first working document to the members of the CIVEX Commission.

 

29 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Juraj Droba to Commissioner Ferreira: we need to look "beyond GDP" in allocation of EU Funds

ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba stressed the importance of providing the Member States with more flexibility to level discrepancies caused by statistics in allocating the EU Funds. The President of the Bratislava region expressed these views in a high-level debate on cohesion with Commissioner Elisa Ferreira and EIB Vice-President Lilyana Pavlova, held during the CoR plenary session of January 2022.

 

28 Jan 2022 | Brussels

EU long-term vision for rural areas: the local perspective

ECR member Oszkár Seszták represented our group during a discussion with European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica and Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski in the January CoR plenary. His main request was the protection of rural areas "given the numerous challenges they face".

 

27 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Major reservations for ECR members on CoR Conference on the Future of Europe resolution

The CoR plenary session was fraught with tension as ECR members expressed their reservations over the CoR draft resolution on the Conference on the Future of Europe.

 

27 Jan 2022 | Brussels

Marco Marsilio welcomes the European Commission's revision of Trans-European Transport Network

Speaking in the high-level debate on transport with Commissioner Adina Vălean, held during the CoR plenary session of January 2022, ECR vice-president, Marco Marsilio, welcomed the recent revision of the Trans-European Transport Network, which reflects the multimodality of the transition.

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