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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 Nov 2021 | Brussels

ECR Member Anna Magyar nominated CoR rapporteur on the 2021 Enlargement Package

ECR Member Anna Magyar was appointed rapporteur for the opinion on the 2021 Enlargement Package at the meeting of the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR). This opinion will directly reflect the EU regions' experience of enlargement.

 

15 Nov 2021 | Assen, The Netherlands

Local leaders discuss new energy opportunities at ECR Localism Summit in Drenthe

The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) today held its third annual Localism Summit. At a conference in Drenthe province (the Netherlands), participants had the opportunity to exchange views on creating sustainable and inventive solutions, such as hydrogen, for the successful energy transition of our cities and regions.

 

11 Nov 2021 | Hybrid

Roberto Ciambetti co-chairs the 16th meeting of JCC Montenegro on the state of democracy

The Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) between the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Montenegro held its 16th meeting on 3 November 2021, under the joint leadership of its two Co-Chairs, Roberto Ciambetti, President of the Regional Council of Veneto, and Aleksandar Kašćelan, Mayor of Cetinje.

 

10 Nov 2021 | Brussels

ECR President: "We need to rebuild regional airports together"

On 10 November 2021, the ECR CoR Group President, Marshal Władysław Ortyl, President of Podkarpackie region, participated in a debate on the future of regional airports and the need for a common plan to support the rebuilding of airports after the pandemic, organised by the Regional Airport Council (ARC). Marshal Ortyl presented proposals on the opportunities and challenges for regional airports' future.

 

29 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Guido Castelli and Pavel Branda on doing more on cohesion, the just transition and energy prices

In the debate on Cohesion as Value within the Conference on the Future of Europe, at the European Committee of the Regions' last COTER commission meeting, held in Brussels on 28 October, Mr Guido Castelli called for the creation of a new EU Agency dedicated to social cohesion, to enable emergencies to be dealt with more quickly and without bureaucracy.

 

27 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Tjisse Stelpstra at EU Sustainable Energy Week and how to kick-start the hydrogen economy

ECR member and regional minister of the Drenthe Province in Northern Netherlands Tjisse Stelpstra was invited to speak about the regional importance of hydrogen in the EU at an event in the framework of the EU Sustainable Energy Week organised by the European Commission.

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