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European Funding Must Also Reach Rural and Mountain Communities
Developing the social economy is not merely a matter of funding. It is also an important means of preserving jobs, supporting the employment of vulnerable people and strengthening rural communities. Csaba Borboly, Vice-President of Harghita…
Europe must connect its bioeconomy, farming markets and schools to local opportunity
At the European Committee of the Regions, I called for fair producer incomes, meaningful territorial participation and more value retained where resources are produced.
Europe needs environmental ambition that works in real life
At today’s plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, the message was clear: environmental policy must be judged not only by ambition on paper, but by whether it can be implemented in real life across all territories.
This…
Europe’s bioeconomy needs local partners at the design table
Europe’s bioeconomy will be stronger if communities help shape it, rather than merely supply its resources. This is the principle behind my preparatory work on the European Committee of the Regions opinion on a strategic framework for a…
There cannot be two Europes: industrial acceleration must work for every region
At the European Committee of the Regions, Csaba Borboly called for a strong regional dimension in the Industrial Accelerator Act, so that faster industrial growth strengthens, rather than drains, less-developed regions
One Europe must mean a real opportunity to build a future in every region
Europe cannot call its skills transition successful if people gain qualifications while their home regions lose the capacity to offer them a future. Competitiveness and cohesion must advance together. This was the message I brought to…
One Europe, not two: rural culture must be part of Europe’s shared future
From Brussels to Paris, Borboly Csaba brought a clear message to the Council of Europe’s parliamentary debate on rural culture and heritage: Europe cannot afford a divide between well-connected cultural centres and communities whose voices…
At the joint ENVI and ENVE meeting, I called for continued cooperation after the publication of the…
European nature policy must protect our shared natural heritage and work in the daily life of every region. This was the central message of my intervention at the joint meeting of the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Climate…
Europe Must Not Measure Regional Gaps Without Helping Regions Close Them
At today’s joint event of the European Committee of the Regions and Cedefop, I argued for a simple principle: local and regional authorities must help shape European skills policy from the beginning, not merely implement decisions made…