Marco MARSILIO
CDR-4345-2025
The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 173rd Plenary Session on 12-14 October 2026.
The main highlights of the session were:
- Opening of the #EURegionsWeek
- Moderated by Méabh MC MAHON, Chief anchor at EuroNews, with:
- Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament (video message)
- António COSTA, President of the European Council
- Raffaele FITTO, Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms
- Kata TÜTTŐ, President of the European Committee of the Regions: State of EU cities and regions address
- Jyrki KATAINEN, European Commission Special Adviser for the EU-Artic relations, Former Vice-President of the European Commission for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitivenes
- Juanma MORENO, First Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions
- Joint Action Plan on renewed cooperation on employment and social policies with:
- Roxana MÎNZATU, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, European Commission
- Debate on Wildfires and Drought with:
- Kamal KISHORE, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
- European Capitals of Culture 2027 – Liepāja (LV) & Évora (PT) with:
- Gunārs ANSIŅŠ (LV/renew E.), Mayor of Liepāja, Latvia
- Carlos ZORRINHO (PT/PES), Mayor of Évora, Portugal
- Debate on the Culture Compass for Europe and the initiative 'Voices of the Future' with:
- Glenn MICALLEF, Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, European Commission
- Debate on the Automotive sector with:
- Brigitte TORLOTING, Vice-President of the Grand Est region of France and chair of the Automotive Regions Alliance (ARA)
- European Entrepreneurial Region Award with:
- Alberto CIRIO (IT/EPP), Chair of the jury of the award, President of the Piedmont Region, IT
- Stefania PROIETTI (IT/PES), Awardee, President of the Umbria Region, IT
- Rasmus C. BECK, Awardee, Chief Executive Officer, Duisburg Business & Innovation, DE
- Vasile ASANDEI, Awardee, General Director, North-East Regional Development Agency (NE RDA), RO
