Over the last decade, both EU bodies have successfully reduced consumption: -42% electricity, -54% gas, -58% water, -83% waste and -96% paper. In the context of the climate emergency, energy crisis…
Over the last decade, both EU bodies have successfully reduced consumption: -42% electricity, -54% gas, -58% water, -83% waste and -96% paper. In the context of the climate emergency, energy crisis…
On 5th and 6th December, the CoR's Network of Regional Hubs (RegHub) met in Brussels to conduct one of its three annual workshops. This December workshop was particularly important because…
One million of the estimated eight million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction and around 80 percent of the European continent’s habitats are in “poor” shape. EU local and…
The European Committee of the Regions' commission for Economic Policy ( ECON ) has adopted draft opinions on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, the review report on the…
Local and regional authorities make EU law happen. Therefore their feedback on how EU rules are implemented on the ground to make them simpler, fewer and less bureaucratic is essential: this was the…
Zintenzívniť vzdelávanie k občianstvu, znížiť vek oprávňujúci na účasť na voľbách a podporiť mladých ľudí, aby kandidovali vo voľbách, vytvoriť trvalé konzultačné mechanizmy s mládežou, testovať…
Ostrovy, vidiecke oblasti, ako aj cezhraničné a horské regióny potrebujú prispôsobené opatrenia, aby mohli zostať atraktívne, odstrániť nerovnosti, a tým vykompenzovať svoje geografické znevýhodnenie…
Európsky výbor regiónov (VR) vo svojom stanovisku prijatom na plenárnom zasadnutí 30. novembra podporuje návrh Európskej komisie zlúčiť tri systémy zemepisných označení do jedného systému so…
The European Committee of the Regions has listened to citizens' expectations and is actively following up on the proposals of the Conference on the Future of Europe, which cannot be fully…
As inflation and high energy prices continue to mark the political agenda in the European Union, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) advocates for cities and regions, small businesses and…
The European Committee of the Regions underlines in its opinion that the EU's ambitious innovation policy goals set in the New Innovation Agenda for Europe can only be achieved by reducing…
Urban areas with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants house around 66% of Europe's urban dwellers and play an essential role in making the digital and green transitions happen. For this reason, in an…