Day: July 1, 2022

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Cohesion Policy steps up support to address the consequences of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine with ‘Flexible Assistance to Territories’

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The European Commission took another important step to help Member States, regional and local authorities and partners to address the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine by adopting the ‘Flexible Assistance to Territories (FAST-CARE), a new comprehensive package that offers further support and further flexibility to Cohesion Policy funding. Powered

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The EU must provide local and regional authorities with technical and financial means to decarbonise the building stock by 2050

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On Thursday, the European assembly of local and regional representatives adopted a series of recommendations on the new proposal for a European directive on the energy performance of buildings. The rapporteur for the opinion is André Viola, Aude Departmental Council’s representative to Europe and president of the French Delegation of

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The EU’s ecological transition must be grounded on a strong social acceptability and leave no citizen, territory nor business behind

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At the request of the Council of the European Union, the EU’s assembly of cities and regions has adopted an opinion on the environmental imperatives and social acceptability of the ecological transition. The European Committee of the Regions has greenlighted the proposals of the rapporteur Hanna Zdanowska (PL/EPP), Mayor of

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The European Committee of the Regions calls for green investments to be exempted from the public deficit calculation

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On Thursday, the European assembly of regional and local representatives adopted a series of recommendations to support the implementation of green budgets at local and regional level. The recommendations were prepared at the request of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union. The rapporteur for the opinion

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Green Deal Going Local: cities and regions put forward economic and social measures to support citizens and businesses to overcome the energy crisis

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Dedicated funding to deliver energy efficiency in buildings, green investments to be exempted from public deficit and permanent climate consultations with citizens amongst the proposed measures​ Following up on the Council adoption of its general approaches on key ‘Fit for 55’ files, the European Committee of the Regions adopted four

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Automotive regions team up for a just and sustainable transition

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The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has launched the Automotive Regions Alliance – a political network of regions engaged for the successful transition of the European automotive and supply industry. The Alliance aims to bring in the regional perspective into the ongoing debates on decarbonisation of EU transport while

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