​This year, the European Committee of the Regions has once again cooperated with the European Commission to make the EU Green Week a success. Seven members of the European Committee of the Regions took part in different panels of the EU Green Week, three of them co-organized by the CoR, to discuss how to achieve the target of zero pollution. A major highlight of the EU Green Week is the launch of the Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform on 4 June which will help deliver the objectives of the Green Deal and help implement the EU Action Plan 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' on the ground.

The sharp deterioration in relations between Turkey an​d the European Union's member states and institutions has underscored the importance of maintaining lines of communication between local and regional authorities in the EU and Turkey, EU and Turkish politicians and officials said on 16 December.

​​​In this interview, János Ádám Karácsony (HU/EPP) answers seven questions on the Future of the EU Clean Air policy in the framework of the zero-pollution ambition, one of the key priorities of the European Green Deal. The member of the Local Government of Tahitótfalu and CoR rapporteur on clean air calls for a revision of the current EU legislation on air quality and stresses that an improvement of air quality requires closer and more effective cooperation between all levels of government. At the request of the European Commission, the CoR's opinion on clean air, adopted in July 2020, provides a local and regional perspective to the new EU Action Plan towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil, which will be presented in 2021.

Saksan liittokansleri Angela Merkel ja Euroopan komission puheenjohtaja Ursula von der Leyen keskustelevat Euroopan alueiden komiteassa 12.–13. lokakuuta Euroopan unionin toimista koronaviruspandemian torjumiseksi. EU:n paikallis- ja aluepäättäjien edustajakokouksen keskusteluissa ovat mukana myös Euroopan investointipankin pääjohtaja Werner Hoyer ja investointipankin varapääjohtaja Lilyana Pavlova . Komiteassa käytäviin keskusteluihin osallistuu lisäksi neljä komission jäsentä – Euroopan komission johtava varapuheenjohtaja ja Euroopan vihreän kehityksen ohjelmasta vastaava komission jäsen Frans Timmermans, koheesio- ja uudistusasioista vastaava komission jäsen Elisa Ferreira, talousasioista vastaava komission jäsen Paolo Gentiloni sekä työllisyydestä ja sosiaalisista oikeuksista vastaava komission jäsen Nicolas Schmit .