Year: 2022

‘Trees for Life’: call now open for cities and regions to join the EU’s pledge to plant 3 billion trees by 2030

​​​​​​The president of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Apostolos Tzitzikostas, and the new chairwoman of the CoR’s ENVE commission and Green Deal Going Local working group, Kata Tüttő, on 17 February launched Trees for Life, a call to action for all CoR members – but also cities and

Action at local level will ensure the success of the EU missions and the New European Bauhaus initiative

​Adapting to climate change, protecting water, greening cities, ensuring healthy food and fighting cancer are some of today’s major challenges that EU missions, launched by the European Commission, seek to address. Markku Markkula (FI/EPP), rapporteur for the European Committee of the Regions’ opinion on the subject and member of Espoo

Letters of support sent to Ukraine’s local and regional leaders

Members of the European Committee of the Regions have expressed their solidarity with Ukraine’s regional and local administrations as they prepare their communities for the possibility of an invasion by Russia. Powered by WPeMatico

Survey on the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Sign up for our survey on the European Union Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Your opinion matters and will help shape our upcoming campaign on the Strategy. It takes a few minutes to complete: the survey is available in 24 languages and in easy-to-read English. Powered by

New website online!

We invite you to visit us at: https://interreg-euro-med.eu/ We have chosen a light and modern design to better convey our message. Indeed, we want our website to provide a clear message about who we are and what we do.  On this new website, you will find information about the 2021-2027

Local leaders urge EU to do more to protect citizens from all-time-high energy prices

Local and regional leaders from across the EU have joined with Members of the European Parliament in calling for more concrete actions to protect citizens from the impact of all-time-high energy prices in the EU. Powered by WPeMatico

Presentation of the 8th Cohesion Report at the European Parliament Committee of Regional Development (REGI)

European Commission Speech Brussels, 10 Feb 2022 Dear President Omarjee, honourable members, dear colleagues, I am pleased to have an opportunity to present to you the 8th Cohesion Report and to have an exchan… Powered by WPeMatico

Introductory remarks at the Press Conference presenting the 8th Cohesion Report

European Commission Speech Brussels, 09 Feb 2022 Dear members of the press, As we publish this 8th Cohesion Report, the world begins a third year of the COVID pandemic. We in Europe are striving for a strong a… Powered by WPeMatico