​In an exchange of views with Finland's Minister for Economic Affairs Katri Kulmuni, EU local and regional leaders stressed that Finland's Presidency of the Council of the EU must come up with an ambitious proposal for the EU's next multiannual budget, providing all cities and regions with means to invest in human capital and to tackle the digital divide.

Ethical guidelines and legislative proposals at European level are urgently needed to ensure that the major socio-economic transformations triggered by artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to a better quality of life for European citizens, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) states in an opinion drafted by Jan Trei (EE/EPP), Mayor of Viimsi Rural Municipality.

Den 6. februar byder lokale og regionale politikere fra hele EU Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Rumæniens premierminister og repræsentant for det rumænske EU-formandskab, velkommen på Det Europæiske Regionsudvalgs (RU) plenarforsamling. EU-formandskabets prioriteter, bevarelse af samhørighed som en fælles europæisk værdi og EU's fremtid efter brexit bliver nogle af hovedemnerne for debatten. FØLG #CoRplenary DIREKTE – Dokumenter til plenarforsamlingen kan findes her .