Povećati iznos pričuve za prilagodbu Brexitu s 5 na 6 milijardi eura, prilagoditi potporu za ribarstvo posljedicama u regijama, omogućiti veću fleksibilnost državnih potpora te uključiti lokalne i regionalne predstavnike u osmišljavanje i upravljanje novim instrumentom – glavni su zahtjevi iz mišljenja Loïga Chesnais-Girarda (FR/PES), predsjednika Regije Bretanje, koje je usvojeno na plenarnom zasjedanju Europskog odbora regija (OR).

Charles Michel, President of the European Council, will on 17 March make his first address to the European Committee of the Regions, starting a plenary session that will bring into focus local and regional perspectives on policies to end the COVID-19 pandemic and to promote a green and inclusive economic recovery. Four European Commissioners will lead debate about COVID-19 vaccinations and building resilience in EU's regions, the economic recovery package, the Green Deal, and integration of migrants. An award to honour the memory of Paweł Adamowicz, late mayor of Gdańsk, will be launched and the winners of the European Entrepreneurial Region Award will be announced.

Rezultati zajedničkog savjetovanja predstavljeni su na sastanku Povjerenstva za gospodarsku politiku (ECON) Europskog odbora regija (OR). Članovi i članice ECON-a također su jednoglasno usvojili nacrt mišljenja o Akcijskom planu za kritične sirovine koji je izradila Isolde Ries (DE/PES), prva potpredsjednica parlamenta savezne zemlje Saarland.

Local and regional politicians from the European Union voiced short-term relief mixed with long-term caution and concern at their first meeting with UK counterparts since the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement was settled on 24 December. Politicians from both the EU and the United Kingdom emphasised a wish to develop new ties in the wake of an agreement that ended most region-to-region programmes and envisages no role for regions in overseeing and developing the deal.