Anlässlich der Eröffnung der Konferenz zur Zukunft Europas am 9. Mai in Straßburg veranstaltet der Europäische Ausschuss der Regionen gemeinsam mit der französischen Regierung und den wichtigsten französischen Verbänden der Gebietskörperschaften einen lokalen Dialog – ein Austausch lokaler und regionaler Mandatsträger aus ganz Europa mit Unionsbürgern. Die Debatte findet unmittelbar vor dem offiziellen Start der Konferenz statt, um die lokale und regionale Dimension der Konferenz hervorzuheben und sicherzustellen, dass die Menschen in den Regionen, Städten und Dörfern in ganz Europa erreicht werden. Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer werden erörtern, wie lokale Mandatsträger und lokale Gemeinschaften am besten in die Konferenz eingebunden werden können und wie die Rolle der lokalen und regionalen Gebietskörperschaften im Europa von morgen gestärkt werden kann. 

The Union of Equality builds on local communities' work on the ground: this is the key message that members of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) stressed today in a debate with European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli. Local and regional politicians from across Europe welcomed the inclusion of an equality perspective into all EU policies, legislation and funding programmes. 

Cities and regions deem it necessary to establish a coherent and simplified legal framework for the chemicals sector to make the industry greener and more effective. The European Committee of the Regions' (CoR) opinion on Safe and sustainable chemicals for a toxic-free environment in Europe's cities and regions recognises the importance of the new chemicals strategy presented by the European Commission and welcomes the steps leading to its implementation. 

​The Social Summit in Porto must affirm a strong commitment to the European Pillar of Social Rights and its headline targets, involving all levels of government 

European Parliament's Vice-President for Information policy, Press and Citizens Relations, Othmar Karas, and Vice-President for Relations with the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Klára Dobrev, joined the members of the Bureau of the CoR to debate how to better communicate the EU action and achievements to people in regions, cities and villages across Europe. They also discussed how to contribute to the Conference on the future of EU and scale up the cooperation between the only two EU institutions gathering elected officials. 

Elected leaders from the European Parliament and European Committee of the Regions are natural political allies to shape a more democratic Europe Local and regional authorities ask the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli to fully take part in the implementation and governance of national recovery plans