To mark the 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, YO!Fest brings together 3,000 young people to debate key topics on the future of Europe. Let's Youth Europe! With Jean-Noël...
Let’s Youth Europe! With Jean-Noël Verfaillie
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News section of Renew Europe Group
On this page you will find the most recent news and updates from our political activities.
Don’t get stuck at the border
Bridging missing links in border regions for all transport modes – road, rail and water – will open up new opportunities for citizens and businesses, boosting employment and...
Water management: thirsty for innovation
Climate change and intensification of land-use present major challenges for our water management. Cees Loggen (NL / VVD) sets out to improve the implementation of EU water...
Alcohol: it’s no laughing matter
Ewa-May Karlsson takes the lead for a new and better strategy on alcohol-related harm Alcohol abuse has a large impact on our society, whether it is on the societal, social or...
Delivering the 5th generation Internet
The connectivity needs of Europeans are growing. At the same time the digital economy offers new opportunities to boost Europe's economy. For this reason the telecoms rules are...
Keeping it simple shouldn’t be difficult
How REFIT wants to keep EU laws simple and less costly EU laws should be as simple and reduce the costs of regulation, so that citizens, businesses and authorities can reap the...
European Liberals call for a simplified EU Cohesion Policy without national government management
The move would reduce "gold plating" and allow subnational managing authorities to apply directly to the European Commission. The Congress of the European liberals, the ALDE...
Liberal Mayors Summit agrees Principles that Make a City Liberal
During the Liberal Mayors Summit twenty mayors from fourteen different European countries discussed and agreed a document setting out the Principles which make cities and local...
ALDE CoR at Climate Change COP22 conference
An important delegation of the ALDE Group in the Committee of the Regions participated in the COP22 Climate change conference in Marrakech, Morocco where they shared successful...
Towards the circular economy: local and regional solutions to food waste
Reducing waste saves money and nature at the same time. This is a win-win situation. According to the European Commission around 88 million tonnes of food are wasted every year...
Turlais welcomes modernization and simplification of VAT rules
The members of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) broadly support the European Commission's move to modernise VAT in the EU through an opinion prepared by Dainis...
Aviation strategy to foster growth, jobs and mobility
An aviation strategy is important for economic growth, jobs, trade and mobility in the EU The liberalization of the European aviation market served us well - we have seen strong...
