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The Bear Issue Had Turned from a National Concern into a European Battle
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…
Housing: local leaders and the European Investment Bank act together, while the message from…
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…
Traditional land stewards are now formal partners in EU climate and biodiversity policy
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…
Bears and mountain water: the work continues in Brussels until the goals are reached
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,…
From Brussels for Harghita: Working to Protect Volunteer Firefighters and Civil Guard Units The…
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…
CoR Plenary Adopts Consumer Agenda Opinion: Local Producers and Short Supply Chains Gain Recognition…
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…
A stronger territorial approach to internal security
The Committee of the Regions opinion on Union support for internal security brings local and regional realities closer to the EU decision-making process
For many years, the European debate on internal security focused mainly on central…
Harghita County’s Cause Has Entered the European Debate
What happened?
On 2 July 2026, the European Committee of the Regions voted at its plenary session on its opinion concerning the EU's asylum, migration and integration support framework for the period 2028–2034. Csaba Borboly,…
Global Europe: How Harghita County Can Get on the Map of European Decision-Making
Over the past months, I have been working on one of the most significant pieces of European Union legislation: the Global Europe Regulation, the framework through which the European Union will finance enlargement, neighbourhood policy,…
No Ostrich Politics. I Fought to Prevent Brussels from Conflating Indigenous Minorities with LGBTQ+…
Borboly Csaba spent nine months working within the Committee of the Regions to ensure that the EU's Equality Strategy would not blur the distinction between two fundamentally different challenges. The result: several of his amendments…