155th CoR Plenary Session  

24/05/2023 : 15:00 (CET) - 25/05/2023 : 13:15 (CET) Charlemagne building Equality; Financial markets
The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 155th Plenary Session on 24 - 25 May 2023.
 

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The main highlights of the session were​​​​:

  • ​​Debate on promoting equality, diversity and inclusion at local and regional level, in the context of the EU Diversity Month with
    • ​​Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality
    • Valter Glavičić (HR/RE), Mayor of Labin, Croatia
  • Debate on preparing and dealing with crises: strengthening the resiliance on the Union, it's regions and cities with
    • ​​Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management​​​
  • Debate on the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework: the local and regional perspective with
    • Margarida Marques (PT/S&D), Member of the European Parliament
    • Jan Olbrycht (PL/EPP), Member of the European Parliament​​​
  • ​Video message by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine​​
  • ​​Debate on a more resilient, more inclusive and more democratic Europe: priorities for the 2023-2025 mandate and synergies with the CoR with
    • Oliver RÖPKE, EESC President

Agenda

Wednesday 24/05/2023

  • 15:00
    Opening session
    1. Adoption of the agenda (COR-2023-01137-00-03-CONVPOJ-TRA) 2. Approval of the minutes of the 154th plenary session, held on 15 and 16 March 2023 COR-2023-00006-00-03-PV-TRA – COR-2023-00006-00-00-PV-REF COR-2023-00006-01-00-PV-REF – COR-2023-00006-02-00-PV-REF COR-2023-00006-03-00-PV-REF 3. Statement by the President
  • 15:05
    DEBATE ON PROMOTING EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL, IN THE CONTEXT OF EU DIVERSITY MONTH
    4. Statements by: COR-2023-01137-01-01-PSP-TRA * Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality * Valter Glavičić (HR/RE), Mayor of Labin, Croatia Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
  • 16:05
    DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF AN OPINION
    10. Do no harm to cohesion - A cross-cutting principle contributing towards cohesion as an overall objective and value of the EU1 Own-initiative COR-2023-00137-00-00-PAC-TRA – COTER-VII/026 Rapporteur: Michiel Rijsberman (NL/RENEW E.)
  • 16:15
    DEBATE ON PREPARING FOR AND DEALING WITH CRISES: STRENGTHENING THE RESILIENCE OF THE UNION, ITS REGIONS AND CITIES
    5. Statement by: COR-2023-01137-02-01-PSP-TRA * Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions 6. Preparing for and dealing with crises: strengthening the resilience of the Union, its regions and cities2 Own-initiative COR-2022-05928-00-00-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/032 Rapporteur: Christophe Clergeau (FR/PES)
  • 17:30
    DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF AN OPINION
    7. Report on public sector interoperability across the Union3 Mandatory COR-2023-00152-00-00-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/029 Rapporteur: Michele Pais (IT/ECR) Statement by Ivars Ijabs (LV/Renew E.), Member of the European Parliament
  • 18:05
    DEBATE ON THE MID-TERM REVIEW OF THE MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK: THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
    8. Statements by: COR-2023-01137-05-01-PSP-TRA * Margarida Marques (PT/S&D), Member of the European Parliament * Jan Olbrycht (PL/EPP), Member of the European Parliament Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions 9. Mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework: The local and regional perspective Own-initiative COR-2023-00138-00-00-PAC-TRA – COTER-VII/027 Rapporteur: Thomas Habermann (DE/EPP)
  • 19:20
    ADJOURNMENT

Thursday 25/05/2023

  • 09:00
    DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF OPINIONS
    11. Zero long-term unemployment: the local and regional perspective4 Own-initiative COR-2022-05490-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/037 Rapporteur: Yonnec Polet (BE/PES) Statement by Aurore Lalucq (FR/S&D), Member of the European Parliament 12. Legislative framework for Sustainable food systems Own-initiative COR-2022-05930-00-00-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/033 Rapporteur: Joke Schauvliege (BE/EPP)
  • 10:00
    DEBATE ON EU LOCAL MATTERS
    13. Statements by: COR-2023-01137-07-00-PSP-TRA * Water scarcity and droughts by André Viola (FR/PES) * Implementing REPowerEU: An EU Roadmap for Hydrogen Valleys by Tjisse Stelpstra (NL/EPP) and Matthias Wunderling-Weilbier (DE/PES) Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
  • 10:30
    VIDEO MESSAGE BY VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE
  • 11:00
    DEBATE ON A MORE RESILIENT, MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE DEMOCRATIC EUROPE: PRIORITIES FOR THE 2023-2025 MANDATE AND SYNERGIES WITH THE COR
    14. Statement by: COR-2023-01137-06-01-PSP-TRA * Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
  • 12:00
    OTHER DOCUMENTS
    15. Election of Bureau members (COR-2023-01137-00-00-PSP-REF) (for decision) 16. New CoR members and alternates (COR-2023-01137-00-01-PSP-TRA) (for information) 17. Any other business 18. Date of the next meeting.
  • 12:15
    END OF THE PLENARY SESSION

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