Month: July 2021

Conference on the Future of Europe: elected politicians at EU, national, regional/local level should team up to strengthen the EU democratic model

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 regional and local leaders to the Conference. Powered by WPeMatico

Local leaders welcome EU Rural Pact and long-term vision but urge stronger attention for rural recovery

The publication of the long-term vision for rural areas by the European Commission is a major success for the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), which has been asking for a rural agenda since 2016. Local leaders welcome the proposal of a Rural Pact and Action Plan setting objectives and

Cities and regions step up their game to regulate online platforms and pave a safe way for SMEs into digital markets

The European Committee of the Regions strengthens its commitment to the EU’s wide-ranging legislative project of reinforcing democratic control over dominant internet platforms and restoring a levelled online economy that works for SMEs and individual consumers alike. During the June plenary session, the Committee’s members discussed an opinion which supports