Speaking on behalf of the European Committee of the Regions at the seminar on "Transition towards Sustainable and Liveable Urban Futures", ALDE-CoR President Bas Verkerk (Mayor...
Local and regional authorities across the European Union need more financial support from the EU in order to cope with the challenges of hosting large numbers of refugees and...
As European leaders struggle to find solutions to the refugee crisis, a delegation from the ALDE Group in the European Committee of the Regions visited on 18 September reception...
Following the vote on the Urban Agenda in the plenary session of the European Parliament, ALDE-CoR President Bas Verkerk (NL/ALDE), said that "the result of this vote reflects a...
On 15 July the CoR commission for territorial cohesion and EU Budget (COTER) discussed how to better deliver EU cohesion policy on the ground with Ms Iskra Mihaylova, Chair of...
The opinions on food waste by rapporteur Ossi Martikainen (FI, Keskusta) and tackling radicalisation by Bart Somers (BE / Open VLD) were high on the agenda of the Committee of...
Last week, from the 2nd to the 4th of June about 30 young Liberal councilors from across Europe convened in Brussels in a joint ALDE Group in the Committee of the Regions...
Invited to speak on behalf of the CoR in the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament on the urban dimension of EU policies, ALDE-CoR President Bas Verkerk...
At its group meeting preceding the February plenary session, the ALDE members elected their Bureau and coordinators for the CoR commissions: President – Mr Bas VERKERK (NL),...
In its meeting held today, Thursday 5 February, coinciding with the beginning of the 6th mandate of the Committee of the Regions the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe...
Local and regional authorities have a key role in helping to combat two very different crises, but both having major international implications: the ebola virus outbreak in...
The results of the fourth edition of the LeaDeR awards were announced Wednesday 10 December in Brussels at a ceremony held in the Jacques Delors Building of the EU's Committee of...
