The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 166th Plenary Session on 14-15 May 2025.
The main highlights of the session were:
- Debate on the European Research Area with:
- Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
- Debate on the EU-UK relationship: perspectives for regional and local cooperation with:
- Sandro Gozi (renew E./FR) co-chair of European Union-United Kingdom Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
- Debate on the future of the EU budget with:
- Carla Tavares (S&D/PT), co-rapporteur on the post-2027 long-term EU budget, Member of the Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
- Siegfried Mureşan (EPP/RO), co-rapporteur on the post-2027 long-term EU budget, Member of the Committee on Budgets, European Parliament (tbc)
- Debate on Moldova's accession process to the European Union with:
- Cristina Gherasimov, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration of Moldova