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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...

 

06 Jan 2021 | Brussels

Quality of life must be improved in rural areas or we won't have farmers

The ECR Group were delighted to welcome the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Janusz Wojciechowski, to our group meeting on 7 December in the context of the European Committee of the Regions plenary session to discuss the future of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy as well as the importance of localism in food production.

 

04 Jan 2021 | Brussels

Development of a new macro-regional strategy mechanism only way forward

One of the topics discussed at the 141st plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions was the macro-regional strategy for the Carpathian region.

 

22 Dec 2020 | Brussels

The pandemic has drastically reduced cross-border cooperation – now we need to kickstart it again

In an interview with Euractiv, ECR Member Pavel Branda highlighted the need for an appropriate legislative framework for the development of cross-border public services, which are a "more sophisticated form of cross-border cooperation".

 

14 Dec 2020 | Brussels

President Ortyl calls for deepened cooperation with people of Belarus

On the 2nd day of the winter plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, ECR President and Marshal of the Podkarpackie region in Poland, Mr Władysław Ortyl urged deepened cooperation with Belarus in order to further democratisation and overall economic growth in the country.

 

12 Dec 2020 | Brussels

High time for burden reduction at EU level

ECR First Vice-President Mr Rob Jonkman urged European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič to show people, businesses, and local authorities, that the EU is capable of reducing red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy during a debate on strategic foresight and the European Commission's Work Programme 2021.

 

11 Dec 2020 | Brussels

Don't write off nuclear energy

On the first day of the December plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, ECR Vice-President Oldřich Vlasák addressed the German Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Svenja Schulze.

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