Den 6 februari kommer lokala och regionala politiker från hela EU att välkomna Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Rumäniens premiärminister och företrädare för det rumänska EU-ordförandeskapet, till regionkommitténs (ReK) plenarsession. EU-ordförandeskapets prioriteringar, bevarandet av sammanhållning som ett gemensamt europeiskt värde och EU:s framtid efter brexit är några av de huvudämnen som ska diskuteras. WATCH #CoRplenary LIVE – Plenarhandlingar finns här

Constitutional-affairs committees of the European Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament share lessons drawn from the EU's period of reflection on its future.

Local and regional politicians from Serbia on 17 October told members of the European Committee of the Regions that they are working hard to ensure that their administrations are fully prepared to meet European Union standards by the time their country joins the EU. They were speaking at a meeting in Niš at which the EU side voiced continuing concerns about the quality of the rule of law and degree of media freedom in Serbia.

Leaders of the European Union need to step up their support for cities and regions dealing with the large numbers of refugees and migrants and to recognise that European cities and regions contribute to the management of migration beyond the EU's borders, the President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) on 21 June told a high-level conference on migration hosted by Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament.