159th CoR Plenary Session  

31/01/2024 : 15:00 (CET) - 01/02/2024 : 13:00 (CET) Brussels – Hemicycle (European Parliament) Environment policy; Pollution control; Air Quality; Green Deal; Social protection; Rail transport
The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 159th Plenary Session on 31 January - 1 February 2024.
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  • Debate on the priorities on the Belgian Presidency​ with:
    • Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium
  • Debate on lessons learned from COP28: The critical role of local and regional leaders for global climate action with:
    • Martin Hojsík (SK/renew E.), Vice-President of the European Parliament and member of the European Parliament delegation to the COP28
  • Debate on the EU Elections with:
    • Lidia Pereira (PT/EPP), President of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) and Member of the European Parliament​
    • Enric López Jurado (ES/PES), President of the Young European Socialists (YES)
    • Alexandre Servais (BE/Renew E.), Member of the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC)
    • Alice Bernard-Montini (FR/renew E.),  Representative of the Young Democrats for Europe (YDE)
    • Maicol Busilacchi (IT/ECR), European Young Conservatives (EYC)
    • Valentina Servera Clavell (ES/EA), President of the European Free Alliance Youth (EFAy)
    • Benedetta Scuderi (IT/Greens), Co-Spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Green (FYEG)

Agenda

Wednesday 31/01/2024

  • 15:00
    ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND THE MINUTES
    1. Adoption of the agenda (COR-2023-04736-00-04-CONVPOJ-TRA) 2. Approval of the minutes of the 158th plenary session, held on 29 and 30 November 2023 COR-2023-03812-00-01-PV-TRA – COR-2023-03812-00-00-PV-REF COR-2023-03812-01-00-PV-REF – COR-2023-03812-02-00-PV-REF COR-2023-03812-03-00-PV-REF 3. Statement by the President
  • 15:00
    TRIBUTE TO JACQUES DELORS
    4. Tribute to Jacques Delors
  • 15:15
    DEBATE ON THE PRIORITIES OF THE BELGIAN PRESIDENCY
    5. Statement by: COR-2023-04736-01-01-PSP-TRA • Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
  • 16:05
    ADOPTION OF TWO OPINIONS
    6. Green Deal and Health Own-initiative COR-2023-03364-00-01-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/041 Rapporteur: Juan Manuel MORENO BONILLA (ES/EPP) Statement by Dolors Montserrat (ES/EPP), Chair of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament   7. Towards an integrated EU policy approach to support place-based innovation for the green and digital transition Own-initiative COR-2023-03934-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/042 Rapporteur: Andrea PUTZU (IT/ECR) Statement by Lina Gálvez Muñoz (ES/S&D), Member of the European Parliament
  • 17:05
    DEBATE ON EU LOCAL MATTERS
    8. Statement by a CoR member: COR-2023-04736-03-01-PSP-TRA • Flexibility of state aid rules for island territories by Margarita Prohens Rigo (ES/EPP) Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
  • 17:25
    ADOPTION OF THREE OPINIONS
    9. The SME Relief Package and the BEFIT framework For information COR-2023-04941-00-01-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/035 Rapporteur: Kate FEENEY (IE/renew E.) 10. The risk management and market regulation tools to strengthen the sustainability of European agriculture Own-initiative COR-2023-02288-00-01-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/034 Rapporteur: Nicola CAPUTO (IT/renew E.) 11. EU disability card and parking card for persons with disabilities Mandatory COR-2023-04646-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/044 Rapporteur: Marko VEŠLIGAJ (HR/PES) Statement by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (SK/renew E.), Member of the European Parliament
  • 18:40
    ADOPTION OF THE REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF COR OPINIONS
    12. Report on the impact of CoR opinions COR-2023-04735-15-01-NB-TRA COR-2023-04735-15-00-NB-REF
  • 21:00
    ADJOURNMENT

Thursday 01/02/2024

  • 09:00
    PRESENTATION AND ADOPTION OF ONE OPINION
    13. Greening Freight Transport package Mandatory COR-2023-04958 -00-01-PAC-TRA – COTER-VII/033 Rapporteur -general: José RIBAU ESTEVES (PT/EPP) Statements by Isabel García Muñoz (ES/S&D) and Tilly Metz (LU/Greens), Members of the European Parliament
  • 09:45
    DEBATE ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM COP28: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEADERS FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION
    14. Statement by: COR-2023-04736-02-01-PSP-TRA • Martin Hojsík (SK/renew E.), Vice-President of the European Parliament and member of the European Parliament delegation to the COP28 Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
  • 10:50
    DEBATE ON THE EU ELECTIONS
    15. Statements by: COR-2023-04736-01-01-PSP-REF • Lídia Pereira (PT/EPP), President of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) and Member of the European Parliament • Enric López Jurado (ES/PES), President of the Young European Socialists (YES) • Alexandre Servais (BE/renew E.), member of the Board of Directors of the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) • Alice Bernard-Montini (FR/renew E.), Representative of the Young Democrats for Europe (YDE) • Maicol Busilacchi (IT/ECR), European Young Conservatives (EYC) • Valentina Servera Clavell (ES/EA), President of the European Free Alliance Youth (EFAY) • Benedetta Scuderi (IT/Greens), co-spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) remote intervention Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
  • 12:50
    Y FACTOR PROJECT
    16. Y Factor project: "CoR on the ground: Local and Regional Success Stories"
  • 12:55
    OTHER DOCUMENTS
    17. Election of Bureau members (COR-2023-04736-00-00-PSP-REF) (for decision) 18. New CoR members and alternates (COR-2023-04736-00-00-PSP-TRA) (for information) 19. Any other business 20. Date of the next meeting.
  • 13:00
    END OF THE PLENARY SESSION

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