Plenary session - Day 1
The main highlights of the session were:
- Debate on the 30 years of the European Committee of the Regions - Local and regional authorities shaping the future of Europe with:
- Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
- Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (video message)
- António Costa, former CoR member (video message)
- Jacques Blanc, former CoR President
- Albert Bore, former CoR President
- Mercedes Bresso, former CoR President
- Markku Markkula, former CoR President
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz, former CoR President
- Apostolos Tzitzikostas, CoR First Vice-President
- Debate on the COP29 and the critical role of local and regional leaders for future global climate action with:
- CoR delegation to COP29
- Debate on a renewed cohesion policy post 2027 that leaves no one behind with:
- Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
- Marcos Ros Sempere (ES/S&D), Member of the European Parliament
- Johanna Mikl-Leitner (AT/EPP), CoR member and Governor of Lower Austria, representing the Power Regions initiative
- Jorge Antonio Azcón Navarro (ES/EPP), CoR member and President of Aragon Region, representing the EUregions4cohesion initiative
- Debate on regions and municipalities implementing the EU Strategy with Africa with:
- Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships
