The prospect of assembly for members of the UK and European parliaments was on 5 October welcomed by members of the European Committee of the Regions, who called for its evolution into a forum to which regions and cities could also have access.

​​In the framework of the debates that feed into the Conference on the Future of Europe, members of the CoR commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs – CIVEX – discussed on equality as a building block of European democracy. They argued that local and regional authorities play an important role in building up an inclusive democracy and equality because they are the level of governance closest to citizens and can have an influence on these issues. The CIVEX commission also adopted an opinion on better EU law-making emphasising that the territorial dimension of EU policies must be bolstered and that local and regional authorities should be involved in every stage of the EU decision-making process, notably by using the RegHub implementation reports as a tool for examining the legislative proposals.

Trade effects of Brexit likely to become clearer only after 1 October, senior EU official tells EU and UK local and regional politicians at meeting that puts spotlight on Northern Ireland and Gibraltar. Movement across the United Kingdom's borders with Ireland and Spain were central issues discussed at a meeting of British and EU local and regional politicians that focused on connections at risk of being lost by the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

EU har brug for en "ny demokratisk infrastruktur" for at sikre frie og retfærdige valg, forbedre mediepluralismen og fremme borgernes engagement, lød det fra Det Europæiske Regionsudvalg den 30. juni. I en række anbefalinger, der skal styrke demokratiet, ligestillingen og respekten for menneskerettighederne, understregede de kommunale og regionale ledere, at de subnationale myndigheder kan spille en vigtig rolle i indsatsen for at fremme mediekendskab, kritisk tænkning og gennemsigtighed i politiske kampagner samt støtte borgernes deltagelse i politik.