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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...

 

05 Jan 2022 | Trnava

Jozef Viskupic: Regions should play a key role in the Conference on the Future of Europe

The coronavirus pandemic and Brexit are key milestones that have underlined the need to redefine the direction and priorities of the European Union, chairman of the SK8 Self-governing Regions Association and Trnava Regional Governor Jozef Viskupic has stated in connection with the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE).

 

14 Dec 2021 | Rome

President Ortyl meets ECR Party leader Giorgia Meloni

The two leaders met in Rome to discuss reforms that the EU urgently needs to undertake including more equal treatment of all Member States, protection of external borders and a greater respect for the principle of subsidiarity.

 

07 Dec 2021 | Brussels

"We cannot succeed without nuclear power"

In a debate on nuclear energy in the December CoR plenary ECR member Ádám Karácsony reminds participants that the EU Treaty gives the right to EU Member States to define their energy mix and can therefore opt for nuclear if they wish.

 

06 Dec 2021 | Brussels

The fight against disinformation

On day two of the CoR December plenary ECR member Anna Magyar debated with Leendert Verbeek of the Council of Europe on the fight against disinformation.

 

05 Dec 2021 | Brussels

ECR Vice-President Droba calls to go "beyond GDP" for cohesion funds

President of the Bratislava region Juraj Droba stated during the CoR plenary December that the debate on the necessity of going “beyond GDP” has been present in international discourse for quite some time and that it is no secret that his region "is one of the most vocal promoters of this initiative".

 

04 Dec 2021 | Brussels

Guido Castelli on the European Year of Youth

"The real challenge we are facing right now – which we must address swiftly, with innovative ideas, ahead of the European Year of Youth – is combating social inequalities as far as possible, and above all youth unemployment, a true scourge of our times".

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