Regional leaders commit to launch an ‘Alliance of Regions for European Democracy’ to enhance regions’ political impact at EU level

​Presidents of regional parliaments with or without legislative powers, Presidents of Regions and other regional entities endorsed today a Declaration which is the starting point of an Alliance of Regions for European Democracy that aims at enhancing the regions’ political impact on the European decision making process on matters with direct relevance to the work of local and regional authorities. The endorsement took place during the political event “The place of regions in the European Union architecture in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe” organised by the European Committee of the Regions , the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE), and the Government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The Declaration also calls for the Conference on the Future of Europe to discuss the role of regions in the EU institutional architecture and to improve it to better address citizens’ needs.

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