170th CoR Plenary Session

1. Adoption of the agenda

COR-2025-03676-00-03-CONVPOJ-TRA

2. Approval of the minutes of the 169th plenary session

COR-2025-01616-00-02-PV-TRA, COR-2025-01616-00-01-PV-REF

3. Statement by the president

4. The CoR’s Draft Budget 2027

1. COR-2025-03675-12-00-NB-TRA

   COR-2025-03675-12-00-NB-REF – COR-2025-03675-25-00-NB-REF

   COR-2025-03675-26-00-NB-REF – COR-2025-03675-27-00-NB-REF

For decision if adopted by Bureau members on 3 March 2026

5. Exploring the role of the private sector in reinforcing cohesion policy post-2027

Rapporteur: Kristoffer Tamsons (SE/EPP)

Own political initiative opinion–Simplified procedure

COTER-VIII/004

COR-2025-01704-00-00-PAC-TRA

6. Statements by:

• Piotr Serafin, Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration
• Markus Töns, Member of the German Bundestag

Debate with members

7. Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) post 2027, including own resources package

Rapporteur: Sari Rautio (FI/EPP)

Own-initiative (Facultative)

COTER-VIII/006

COR-2025-02839-00-00-PAC-TRA

8. Statement by

• Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy,

Debate with members

9. Evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives

Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri (IT/PES)

Optional (outlook)

ECON-VIII/007

COR-2025-02298-00-01-PAC-TRA

10. European Competitiveness Fund

Rapporteur: Pehr Granfalk (SE/EPP)

Mandatory – Simplified procedure

ECON-VIII/008

COR-2025-03194-00-01-PAC-TRA

11. Single Market and Customs Programme

Rapporteur: Emma Blain (IE/EPP)

Own-initiative –Simplified procedure

ECON-VIII/010

COR-2025-03195-00-01-PAC-TRA

12. Single Market Strategy

Rapporteur: Lorenzo Galligani (IT/ECR)

Own-initiative (Facultative)

ECON-VIII/006

COR-2025-02297-00-00-PAC-TRA

13. Statement by:

• Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Debate with members

14. Turning the tide – A local and regional roadmap for water resilience

Rapporteurs: Kata Tüttő (HU/PES) and Juanma Moreno (ES/EPP)

Own-initiative (Facultative)

ENVE-VIII/007

COR-2025-02276-00-00-PAC-TRA

Adjournment

Invitation to all female members of the Committee of the Regions to gather in the European Parliament hemicycle for a group photo on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

15. The EU’s Strategic approach to the Black Sea – Local and regional dimensions

Rapporteur: Blagomir Kotsev (BG/RENEW E.)

Own-initiative (Facultative) - Simplified procedure

CIVEX-VIII/008

COR-2025-02757-00-00-PAC-TRA

16. Debate with members

17. Enlargement package 2025 – Western Balkans and Türkiye

Rapporteur: Gillian Coughlan (IE/RENEW E.)

Own-initiative (Facultative)

CIVEX-VIII/015

COR-2025-04083-00-02-PAC-TRA

18. Enlargement package 2025 – Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

Rapporteur: Patrick Molinoz (FR/PES)

Own-initiative (Facultative) - Simplified procedure

CIVEX-VIII/016

COR-2025-04296-00-00-PAC-TRA

19. Statements by:

• Magdalena Adamowicz (PL/EPP), Member of the European Parliament
• Aleksandra Dulkiewicz (PL/EPP), Mayor of the City of Gdańsk and Member of the European Committee of the Regions
• Dilek Kaya İmamoğlu, laureate's wife (video message)
• Nuri Aslan, Acting Mayor of Istanbul
• Magali Altounian (FR/Renew E.), Chair of the MPAA Jury
• Marc Cools, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
• Annika Strömberg, Chair of the ICORN Jury
• Mary Crilly, director of the Sexual Violence Support Centre in Cork, Ireland

Debate with members

20. Child Wellbeing and Child Benefits – mapping child benefit systems across EU Member States

Rapporteur-general: Fauzaya Talhaoui (BE/PES)

Council presidency referral

SEDEC-VIII/015

COR-2026-00189-00-01-PAC-TRA

21. European Grids Package

Rapporteur-general: Clare Colleran Molloy (IE/RENEW E.)

Mandatory

ENVE-VIII/011

COR-2026-00033-00-00-PAC-TRA

22. European Chemicals Industry Action Plan

Rapporteur: Frederiek Vermeulen (BE/EPP)

Own-initiative (Facultative)

ECON-VIII/009

COR-2025-03196-00-00-PAC-TRA

23. The EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy

Rapporteur: Jozef Viskupič (SK/RENEW E.)

Own-initiative (Facultative) – Simplified procedure

SEDEC-VIII/006

COR-2025-02449-00-00-PAC-TRA

24. Election of Bureau members

COR-2025-01616-00-00-PSP-REF – For decision

25. New CoR members and alternates

COR-2025-01616-00-00-PSP-TRA – For information

26. Any other business

27. Date of the next meeting

End of the plenary session