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As a member of the European Committee of the Regions, Borboly Csaba considers the European Commission’s ongoing housing consultation an important opportunity to ensure that future EU rules reflect not only the realities of capital cities…

Borboly Csaba, rapporteur of the European Committee of the Regions on coexistence with large carnivores and Vice-President of Harghita County Council, held a press conference on the EU-wide “stress test” of the Habitats and Birds…

An international expert workshop held on 30 July 2026 brought together representatives of the European Commission, the Romanian Government, affected European regions and international experts. The participants identified four key outcomes…

The future of lifelong learning in Europe, skills development and the role of regions were at the heart of discussions held in Brussels to mark the 25th anniversary of EARLALL. More than one hundred representatives of European regions,…

In recent weeks, it had become clear that the protection status of bears and wolves was no longer merely a domestic Romanian issue but had developed into a field of European political conflict. Decisions taken under the Bern Convention and…

In Brussels, the housing crisis came to the centre of the European Union’s attention. During the plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), local leaders discussed European housing policy with Nadia Calviño, President…

Brussels, 2 July 2026 — The plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions has adopted an opinion that reframes the role of rural and mountain communities in global climate and biodiversity governance. For the first time in an…

Local realities must be heard in Brussels The Carpathian regions face challenges that cannot be solved from a distance. Mountain communities live every day with the consequences of large carnivore conflict, water-related climate risks,…

What happened in Brussels? At the 172nd Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions, held on 2 July 2026, the opinion on the renewal of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism was adopted — incorporating amendments successfully…

At the 172nd plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, held on 1 and 2 July 2026, the opinion on the 2030 Consumer Agenda was adopted. The adopted text states that small-scale and locally embedded production must not be…