​Presidents of regional parliaments with or without legislative powers, Presidents of Regions and other regional entities endorsed today a Declaration which is the starting point of an Alliance of Regions for European Democracy that aims at enhancing the regions' political impact on the European decision making process on matters with direct relevance to the work of local and regional authorities. The endorsement took place during the political event "The place of regions in the European Union architecture in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe" organised by the European Committee of the Regions , the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE), and the Government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The Declaration also calls for the Conference on the Future of Europe to discuss the role of regions in the EU institutional architecture and to improve it to better address citizens' needs.

Izaslanstvo Europskog odbora regija (OR) pri konferenciji o budućnosti Europe danas se sastalo kako bi pripremilo svoj doprinos konstituirajućoj sjednici Plenarne skupštine konferencije o budućnosti Europe koja će se održati 19. lipnja u Strasbourgu. Izaslanici i izaslanice žele iskoristiti priliku koju im konferencija pruža za jačanje demokratske dimenzije Europske unije i obnovu povjerenja građana i građanki u europski projekt. Kao predstavničko tijelo EU-a na razini vlasti najbližoj građanstvu, OR predano radi na tome da na konferenciji predstavi stavove lokalnih i regionalnih vlasti.

Pandemija bolesti COVID-19 nerazmjerno je utjecala na žene: kao radnice u sektoru zdravstva i skrbi izloženije su virusu, a osim toga njihova su radna mjesta teže pogođena nego radna mjesta na kojima rade muškarci, što može imati dugoročne posljedice na njihovu plaću i karijeru. Ograničenje kretanja dovelo je do povećanja već postojećeg rodnog jaza u neplaćenom pružanju skrbi i nasilja u obitelji nad ženama, a otežalo je i pristup uslugama podrške.

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.