REGI committee meeting

Committee on Regional Development

REGI

Michela GIUFFRIDA - REGI rapporteur

UNKN

The role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement on climate change (short presentation)

Lagging regions in the EU (short presentation)

Implementation of EU macro-regional strategies (debate)

Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention Area of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (debate)

AFET - Hearing on the EU sanctions regime - implementation, expansion, efficiency and deterring impact including the presentation of a study on the 'Implementation and monitoring of EU sanctions regimes'

Hearing of Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner-designate, Cohesion and Reforms - Arrival

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Attlio FONTANA, President of Lomardia region

Luisa REGIMENTI in the EP in Strasbourg

ECR Conference - 'I Swam the Enguri River. Russian Occupation of Georgian Region and its Victims'.

David SASSOLI - EP President meets with Karl Heinz LAMBERTZ - President of the Committee of the Regions at the EP in Brussels

REGI meeting - Exchange of views with the Finnish presidency of the Council

REGI Constitutive meeting - Election of Chair and Vice-Chairs

REGI  Constitutive meeting - Election of Chair and Vice-Chairs

Visit of the President of the European Committee of Regions to the EPRS

REGI Committee press point - Joint achievements on regional development of Parliament and Commission during the 2014-2019 legislature

REGI Committee meeting - Exchange of views with Corina CRETU - European Commissioner on Regional Policy

Committee of the Regions' Plenary session. Launching of Initiative for the Integration of Migrant

Antonio TAJANI - EP President meets with the President of Marche region

Book presentation in regional office of South Tyrol in presence of Antonio TAJANI, EP President.

AFCO committte. Citizens’ Dialogues and Citizens’ Consultations on the future of Europe. Exchange of views with representatives of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions

EP Press conference - European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund

Plenary session - European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund

Talks went into the wee hours, but with no agreement on the 2011 EU budget payments could be frozen at 2010 levels. EU regions rejoiced that cohesion policy is secure for next year.

The News: EU budget freeze - Regional funding safe

After regional leaders marched on Brussels, the European Commission announced this week that cohesion policy will keep the lion's share of EU funding with special emphasis on innovation and training.

Regional win for cohesion policy

Regional leaders come to Brussels to make their voices heard. Will Europe’s ‘solidarity policy’ survive economic hardship?

Less money for regions?

During the plenary session, MEPs vote on the exemption from EU visa requirements for citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

EU visa-free regime for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina: extracts from the vote

MEPs debate on the Cohesion and regional policy during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Cohesion and regional policy: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session, Tanja FAJON (S&D, SI), rapporteur, speaks about the exemption from EU visa requirements for citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

EU visa-free regime for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina: extracts from the statements by Tanja FAJON (S&D, SI), rapporteur

The regions fight to safeguard funding. Europe says yes to drilling as the US counts the cost of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Jacques Delors on German reunification.

The News: Regional Policy – Deep Sea Drilling – Jacques Delors

Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK), EP Vice-President, and Maroš SEFCOVIC, Vice-President of the EC, speak about a transparency register for the EU Institutions, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

A transparency register for the EU Institutions: extracts from the statements by Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK), EP Vice-President, and Maroš SEFCOVIC, Vice-President of the EC

The REGI Committee hosts the Opening Session of the 8th edition of the OPEN DAYS - the European week of the regions and cities, in the European Parliament in Brussels. This year event is devoted to the subject: Europe 2020: Competitiveness, co-operation and cohesion for all regions.

8th European Week of Regions and Cities - Open Days: extracts from the opening session

Igor CHERNYSHENKO, Russia Duma and Jacqueline McGLADE, Executive Director, speak during the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (CPAR) in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Ninth Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region: extracts

Erik LAHNSTEIN, State Secretary to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Karl FALKENBERG, Director general, DG Environment, European Commission, speak during the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (CPAR) in the European Parliament in Brussels.

The Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE), Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on Development (DEVE) exchange views with Gilles DE KERCHOVE, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Roger MOORE, Director, DG Development, European Commission and Cecilia RUTHSTRÖM-RUIN, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch, UNODC, on the security challenges in the Sahel region and the Horn of Africa.

Security challenges in the Sahel region and the Horn of Africa: extracts from the exchange of views with Gilles DE KERCHOVE, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator

To revive the economy Greek MEP Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou is putting her money on structural funds.

Interview: Emphasis is on regional policy

The Special Committee on the Financial , Economic and Social crisis (CRIS) meets to discuss on Economic Exit Strategies in the European Parliament in Brussels. Statements Regina BASTOS (EPP, PT) and Pervenche BERES (S&D, FR), rapporteurs.

Economic Exit Strategies: extracts from the statements by Regina BASTOS (EPP, PT) and Pervenche BERES (S&D, FR), rapporteurs

Statement by Johannes HAHN, (Austria) Commissioner designate for Regional Policy, during his hearing at EP in Brussels.

Hearing of Johannes HAHN, (Austria) Commissioner designate for Regional Policy: extracts

Ex-Commissioner Danuta Hübner talks to EuroparlTV about her former commission policy area of regional affairs. Now chairing the committee on regional policy she is adamant that meeting European challenges takes an inclusive rather than exclusive approach.

The News: No region must be excluded from regional policy - MEP Hübner

Should cohesion funds go to regions in need only, or could they be used to fight climate change and boost research and innovation all over Europe?

The News: Radical rethink of Regional Policy?

The status of regions within the European Union in light of the Lisbon Treaty could improve. A decision the new Parliament elected in June will have to make.

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The News: EU budget freeze - Regional funding safe

Regional win for cohesion policy

Less money for regions?

EU visa-free regime for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina: extracts from the vote

Cohesion and regional policy: extracts from the debate

EU visa-free regime for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina: extracts from the statements by Tanja FAJON (S&D, SI), rapporteur

The News: Regional Policy – Deep Sea Drilling – Jacques Delors

A transparency register for the EU Institutions: extracts from the statements by Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK), EP Vice-President, and Maroš SEFCOVIC, Vice-President of the EC

8th European Week of Regions and Cities - Open Days: extracts from the opening session

Ninth Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region: extracts

Ninth Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region: extracts

Security challenges in the Sahel region and the Horn of Africa: extracts from the exchange of views with Gilles DE KERCHOVE, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator

Interview: Emphasis is on regional policy

Economic Exit Strategies: extracts from the statements by Regina BASTOS (EPP, PT) and Pervenche BERES (S&D, FR), rapporteurs

Hearing of Johannes HAHN, (Austria) Commissioner designate for Regional Policy: extracts

The News: No region must be excluded from regional policy - MEP Hübner

The News: Radical rethink of Regional Policy?

Europarl Today: Regions to play a new role on the European board (extended version)