06 - 07 May 2026

171st CoR Plenary Session

The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 171st Plenary Session on 6-7 May 2026.

Plenary event - Brussels (Belgium)
06/05/2026 | 15:00 - 20:00
07/05/2026 | 09:00 - 13:00
European Union, 2021

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The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 171st Plenary Session on 6-7 May 2026.

The main highlights of the session were:

  • Debate on the NRPP fund, its programmes and Performance Framework Regulation with:
    • Elsi Katainen (RENEW/FI)(tbc)
    • Karlo Ressler (EPP/HR)
    • Andrey Novakov (EPP/BG)
  • Exchange of views with the Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport with:
    • Glenn Micallef, Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport
    • Andrea Abodi, Minister for Sports and Youth of Italy
  • Presentation of the outcome of the Midterm Review of the cohesion policy with:
    • Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion and Reforms

Agenda

Multimedia

Full day live streams

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    Plenary session - Day 1

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    Plenary session - Day 2

Individual debates

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    Debate on the NRPP fund, its programmes and Performance Framework Regulation

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    Exchange of views with the Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

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    Presentation of the outcome of the Midterm Review of the cohesion policy

Opinions

The plenary assembly will discuss and vote on the opinions listed here.

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