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“More help needed for regions in EU migration crisis”, says Francois Decoster in the LIBE committee
Local and regional authorities across the European Union need more financial support from the EU in order to cope with the challenges of hosting large numbers of refugees and migrants, François Decoster, ALDE Vice-President and the CoR rapporteur on migration, told...
Integrating refugees and migrants: ALDE-CoR visits Calais and St Omer
As European leaders struggle to find solutions to the refugee crisis, a delegation from the ALDE Group in the European Committee of the Regions visited on 18 September reception centres in the French cities of Calais and St Omer, invited by ALDE-CoR Vice-President...
Vote in EP plenary on the urban dimension of EU policies reflects ALDE-CoR positions: several proposals taken up by MEPs
Following the vote on the Urban Agenda in the plenary session of the European Parliament, ALDE-CoR President Bas Verkerk (NL/ALDE), said that "the result of this vote reflects a clear demand for an urban agenda at EU level. Such an agenda would recognise the...
EP REGI committee chair praises collaboration between CoR and EP on the Urban Agenda
On 15 July the CoR commission for territorial cohesion and EU Budget (COTER) discussed how to better deliver EU cohesion policy on the ground with Ms Iskra Mihaylova, Chair of the European Parliament's committee on Regional Development (REGI). Discussions centred on...
Liberal rapporteurs in the CoR tackle food waste and radicalisation
The opinions on food waste by rapporteur Ossi Martikainen (FI, Keskusta) and tackling radicalisation by Bart Somers (BE / Open VLD) were high on the agenda of the Committee of the Regions' plenary. Further details below. Last plenary for President Verkerk The plenary...
Thirty young councillors discover the Committee of the Regions in a joint event with LYMEC
Last week, from the 2nd to the 4th of June about 30 young Liberal councilors from across Europe convened in Brussels in a joint ALDE Group in the Committee of the Regions (ALDE-CoR)/ LYMEC event under the title Local going European: Introducing young liberals to the...
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