Martikainen elected new chair of Natural Resources Commission
The Natural Resources Commission (NAT) remit includes the common agricultural policy, fisheries policy, food policy and consumer affairs, health policy and tourism. Martikainen comes from Lapinlahti, Finland, and has been a member of the European Committee of the...
The cheapest energy is the one we don’t use
Energy efficiency is crucially important for achieving Europe’s climate and energy targets. The EU should therefore be more ambitious says rapporteur Michiel Rijsberman (NL/D66) Achieving the Paris targets will represent a major challenge for Europe. Europe will...
Brexit: the impact on Ireland
Brexit: the impact on Ireland The ALDE Group in the CoR became the first delegation of the Committee of the Regions to visit Ireland to find out directly on the ground how Brexit will impact Ireland from a subnational level, teaming up with Fianna Fáil for this...
Building trust and fostering innovation in Slovenia
Rebuilding trust in government with bottom-up policies At the ALDE Party Council meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, our group looked into how to make public administration more inclusive Our important delegation to Ljubljana kicked off the ALDE Party Council Meeting with...
