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During a plenary debate of the Committee of the Regions with European Investment Bank (EIB) Group President Nadia Calviño, the two institutions renewed their common goal to promote convergence and…

Critical lessons for the future of the European Union can be drawn from the challenges and successes of the Union's 'Big Bang' enlargement in 2004, regional and municipal leaders…

Whilst a new political cycle is starting for the European Union, the President of the European Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, delivered his annual address on the State of Regions and…

Speakers at the #CoRplenary agenda include: European Commissioner Ferreira, EIB President Calviño, and European Parliament Vice-President Omarjee.

Regions and cities believe that Cohesion Policy should remain the EU's main investment tool to reduce regional disparities and help address the green, digital and demographic transitions, based…

The future reform of Cohesion Policy as cornerstone of the European investment policy in the next decade was the main focus of the exchange of views between the President of the European Committee of…

​The President of the European Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, was invited to take part in the annual meeting of the US National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), which took…

​Commenting on the election of Ursula von der Leyen as the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, underlined the key role…

On the occasion of the European Council of 27-28 June that reached an agreement on the names for the next European Commission and Council presidents and High Representative of the European Union for…

Local and regional leaders have called for stronger synergies between European funds to boost place-based innovation and for those funds to be safeguard from budget cuts.

Local and regional leaders have endorsed a clear stance on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) sharing the proposals included in an opinion led by co-rapporteurs Isilda Gomes (PT/PES)…

The president of the European Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, has written a letter to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to express the concerns of the…