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Statement by Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions​ ​Commenting on today's State of the European Union speech delivered by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the President…

EU-wide coalition urges EU institutions and national governments to promote synergies between the recovery instruments and the structural funds to maximise the impact of European action.​​​ The COVID-19 crisis has shown that cohesion…

Reacting to the European Commission's 'Fit for 55' package which seeks to cut EU carbon emissions by 55% by 2030, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) calls for the new and updated rules to secure a central role and ensure direct…

 Manfred Weber, Iratxe Garcia Perez and Guy Verhofstadt - three representatives of the European Parliament within the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe – discussed with CoR members the role and the contribution of…

The European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission will develop joint projects to support teaching EU values in classrooms with the help of regional and local authorities and on voluntary basis. In a Plenary debate with…

  While the EU Heads of State and Governments are meeting in Brussels to review the state of play of the economic recovery, the results of a new study commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) unveil the lack of…

Today, the European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions have launched a Stakeholder Platform to help implement the EU Action Plan: “Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil”. The Action Plan – a key deliverable of the…

The High Level Group on European Democracy - chaired by Herman Von Rompuy - will support CoR in giving local and regional level the voice and influence it deserves Local and regional leaders adopted a resolution on the Conference on the…

Investing in human capital to couple equality with competitiveness as well as the role of Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) to fight inequality and strengthen democracy were the main issues raised by EPP-CoR members during a debate on a…

An Action Plan for the Social economy, the Future plan for care workers and care services – local and regional opportunities in the context of a European challenge, a Union of Equality, the New European Bauhaus, the Horizon Europe Missions,…