Committee Of The Regions and Region related content 

The EU wants to forge a stronger partnership with major European cities. European cities were last month being feted by European Union leaders as part of an overt attempt to...

Silke Toenshoff on how her desire for a job that combines politics and economics brought her to the Committee of the Regions. When Silke Toenshoff applied almost a decade ago...

Regional aid to be linked to jobs and growth but concern over possible suspensions of aid. The European Commission's blueprint for the EU's 2014-20 cohesion policy promises...

There are grand plans for the future of regional policy, but also divisions over what the priorities should be. As the European Union's regional policy is reviewed in...

Local and regional governments are sceptical about a ‘one-size-fits-all' approach and tying regional policy to the EU's growth strategy. When politicians wax lyrical about...

The European commissioner for regional policy wants to reward those countries and regions that use EU money well. Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for regional...

After 30 years dealing with the EU, Carlos Bastarreche Sagüés remains a passionate European. When Carlos Bastarreche Sagüés came to Brussels in 1979,...

In these difficult financial times, it is more important than ever to develop new projects that help close the gap between Europe's rich and poor. Twenty years after the...

There has been a great deal of progress on regional policy initiatives in recent years, but there is still a long way to go to close the social divide in Europe. Few EU...

The Committee of the Regions has a kick-boxing champ, and it wants you to know. Is the Committee of the Regions feeling particularly vulnerable in these days of increased...

The new president of the Committee of Regions is -- fittingly -- the former head of a region that knows a thing or two about keeping power local: Flanders. Two former...

The worst possible response to the annual report of the European Court of Auditors would be to consider it ‘the same old story', tempting though that conclusion might be....

The President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) Michel Delebarre has welcomed the deal on a new treaty reached by EU leaders on 21-23 June for preserving “most of the...

Suzy Sumner heads the North-West of England's Brussels office. She is representative of an ever-growing band of regional offices with a presence in Brussels. They have their...

Europe's regions are an expression of the complexity and contradictions of the EU. In theory, it is in the regions that the most direct effect of the EU's policies can be...

The EU must not shy away from confrontation if it is to bridge the gap between Europe and its citizens, according to the Austrian presidency. Katharina Swoboda, spokesperson...

Do I miss editing European Voice? It's a question I've often been asked since stepping down from one of the best jobs I had in journalism. I was in the editorial hot-seat...

THE man in charge of increasing the power of Europe's regions in the EU has admitted that regional aid could be used more effectively. With debate over the future funding of...

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) has had a challenging first decade. Its experiences since 1994 have been rather more prosaic than had been hoped for by either those who...

The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions is one of five EU-wide bodies representing Europe's regions; the others are the Committee of the Regions, the Assembly of...