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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...

 

12 Oct 2021 | Brussels

ECR Group in the CoR welcomes new members

The ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions welcomes Hungarian members István Bóka, Barbara Szilvia Hegedűs, János Ádám Karácsony, Lajos Kovács, Anna Magyar, László Majthényi, József Ribányi, Oszkár Seszták, Boglárka Bánné Gál, Attila Kiss, Zoltán Németh, Attila Pál, Nándor Skuczi, Róbert Szabó, Ferenc Temerini, Botond Vántsa who serve as members of regional or local assemblies in Hungary. We are very pleased to also welcome two Italian members Guido Castelli, Regional Minister of the Marche Region, and Donatella Tesei, President of the Umbria Region.

 

12 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Connecting European regions: Transport policy fit for XXI century

Modern transportation – to meet people and business expectations – must be safe, efficient, smart, digital and clean. In addition to sustainability and technological developments, transportation must respond to a variety of challenges such as EU regions having different infrastructure needs as well as disparities in economic and territorial development models.

 

12 Oct 2021 | Brussels

Juraj Droba's opinion calls for regions and cities to be more closely involved in cohesion policy programmes

In supporting this opinion on the effective engagement of local and regional authorities in the cohesion policy programmes for the 2021-27 period drawn up by ECR Vice-President Juraj Droba, CoR members ask for the full respect of the "partnership principle" and its implementation under the new instruments financed by Next Generation EU, such as the Just Transition Fund and the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

 

09 Oct 2021 | Czechia

ODS victorious in Czech Parliamentary elections

On 8-9 October voters were called to the polls in Czechia to elect the 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies. With the ANO party of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš suffering a defeat, the three-party Together (Spolu) coalition won the vote.

 

29 Sep 2021 | Brussels

Rob Jonkman's opinion on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility adopted by the ECON Commission

The Commission for Economic Policy (ECON) of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted today by overwhelming majority the opinion of the ECR First Vice-President Rob Jonkman on the Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (the Facility), following a debate with Members and Maarten Verwey, European Commission's Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.

 

27 Sep 2021 | Brussels

Disaster risk reduction and EU health policy high on the agenda for ECR NAT members

ECR members Adam Banaszak and Roberto Ciambetti shared their insights on these two topics with participants of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Natural Resources (NAT) Commission meeting with Mr Banaszak focusing on disaster risk reduction and Mr Ciambetti on EU health policy.

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