Bart Somers elected as new ALDE CoR President
Elected today by the ALDE Group in the Committee of the Regions, Bart Somers (BE / Open VLD), Mayor of Mechelen and leader of the liberal group in the Flemish Parliament, will serve as President until the end of this mandate (2020). I’m honoured to have been...
Commissioner King discusses Mechelen approach to radicalisation
European Commissioner for the security union Julian King discussed the approach the city of Mechelen and its Mayor Bart Somers take to prevent radicalisation. It was the first fact-finding mission of European commissioner King, who wanted to see firsthand what is...
ALDE CoR contributes to the State of the Union
Ahead of the State of the Union debate on 14 September, the ALDE Group in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), gathering liberal democrat politicians from the sub-state levels of government, outlines how it sees the current state of the EU. The main purpose of...
