News from the ECR CoR Group
ECR News - 48th edition
04 Mar 2026 | Brussels
President Marsilio warns against merging agriculture and cohesion funds during debate with Commissioner Serafin
During today’s plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, ECR Group President Marco Marsilio delivered a strong message on the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) in a debate with European Commissioner for Budget, Piotr Serafin, rejecting any attempt to merge cohesion funding with CAP resources. “Centralising these funds would create an artificial and harmful opposition between regions and farmers. This cannot in any way benefit our territories” he stated.
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05 Mar 2026 | Brussels
Centre-right groups join forces in vote to uphold unanimity principle in EU accession process
During today’s debate on the 2025 Enlargement Package, ECR Group Vice-President Anna Magyar underlined how, thanks to the CoR’s centre-right political forces, the principle of unanimity in enlargement matters has been upheld. During her intervention, Ms Magyar stressed that the principle of unanimity in the Council must remain at the core of the EU’s enlargement decisions, making it the key factor shaping any credible path toward accession.
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05 Mar 2026 | Brussels
Ciszkowski calls for an end to extreme left political violence
During the annual Pawel Adamowicz Award ceremony at the European Committee of the Regions, Adam Ciszkowski, speaking on behalf of the ECR Group, strongly appealed for the protection of democratic values against rising political violence.
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04 Mar 2026 | Brussels
Galligani: “LRAs and SMEs are the backbone of the Single Market”
ECR Rapporteur Lorenzo Galligani's opinion on the "Single Market Strategy" was adopted today by unanimity by the European Committee of the Regions Plenary session.
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More ECR news in this edition
Institutional activities
26 Feb 2026 | Brussels
ECR's First VP Ortyl at High-Level Conference on Eastern Border Regions
09 Feb 2026 | Nicosia
Ortyl calls for boosting Europe’s security during meeting with President of Cyprus
ECR opinions
19 Feb 2026 | Brussels
Karácsony presents opinion on Stockpiling Strategy to Council Working Party on Resilience Level Preparedness
05 Feb 2026 | Brussels
CEF represents a great opportunity to reinforce dual-use infrastructure for regions
04 Feb 2026 | Brussels
Preparedness at all levels of governance remains crucial
04 Feb 2026 | Brussels
Health systems are key for strategic security
04 Feb 2026 | Brussels
Consumer Agenda arrives at a crucial moment - Adam Ciszkowski
27 Jan 2026 | Brussels
Zacharides engages with stakeholders and members on European Business Wallets
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