The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 167th Plenary Session on 2-3 July 2025.
The main highlights of the session were:
- Debate on Sustainable tourism with:
- Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism
- Debate on Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with:
- Christophe Hansen, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food
- Joke Schauvliege (BE/EPP), CoR member and rapporteur on Vision for agriculture and food
- Roberto Ciambetti (IT/ECR), CoR member and rapporteur on Market regulations and support measures in the wine sector
- Debate on Water resilience with:
- Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for environment, water resilience and a competitive circular economy
- Thomas Bajada (MT/S&D), Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur on European Water Resilience Strategy
- Debate on UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) with:
- Antonio Decaro, (IT/S&D), Chair of the ENVI committee in the European Parliament
- Ana Toni, CEO of the COP30 Presidency (remote intervention)
- Nadia Pellefigue (FR/PES), CoR member and rapporteur on Climate Action implementation in view of the EU contribution to UNFCCC COP30
