​The members of the European Committee of the Regions met in the 125th plenary session.

Fifteen opinions and one resolution will be on the agenda of this plenary session.

On the first day, members attended the opening session of the 15th European Week of Regions and Cities. On the second day, the President of the European Committee of the Regions, Mr Karl-Heinz Lambertz, gave the first Regions and Cities' State of the Union speech. Then, Mr Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, took the floor.

Mr Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, debated with members.

The list of opinions which were adopted during the October plenary session:

• Climate finance: an essential tool for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, rapporteur Mr Marco Dus (IT/PES)
• Environmental Implementation Review, rapporteur Mr Andrew Varah Cooper (UK/EA)
• Space Strategy for Europe, rapporteur Mr Andres Jaadla (EE/ALDE)
• The service package: a services economy that works for Europeans, rapporteur Mr Jean-Luc Vanraes (BE/ALDE)
• Strengthening territorial resilience: empowering regions and cities to face globalisation, rapporteur Ms Micaela Fanelli (IT/PES)
• A Strategic Approach to Resilience in the EU's external action, rapporteur Mr Marcin Ociepa (PL/ECR)
• Reform of EU own resources within the next MFF post-2020, rapporteur Ms Isabelle Boudineau (FR/PES)
• Future of Connecting Europe Facility - Transport, rapporteur Mr Ximo Puig I Ferrer (ES/PES)
• The European Pillar of Social Rights and Reflection paper on the social dimension of Europe, rapporteur Mr Mauro D'Attis (IT/EPP)
• Building a European Data Economy, rapporteur Mr Kieran McCarthy (IE/EA)
• A European policy on the seismic requalification of buildings and infrastructure, rapporteur Mr Vito Santarsiero (IT/PES)
• The protection of children in migration, rapporteur Ms Yoomi Renström (SV/PES)
• A European strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, rapporteur Mr Bouke Arends (NL/PES)

A Resolution on the 2017 European Semester and in view of the 2018 Annual Growth Survey and a Resolution on recommendations to the heads of state or government gathering in Brussels on 24 November 2017 for the fifth Eastern Partnership summit were also adopted.