The 198th meeting of the European Committee of the Regions Bureau will be a remote meeting by Interactio and replaces the external meeting in Düsseldorf, which was planned to take place in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, during the German Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The Bureau meeting will start at 9. a.m. with a number of administrative points.
Two debates are on the agenda with the participation of prominent guests from local, regional, national and EU level:
First session: 9.45 - 11.15
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE IN THE AFTERMATH OF
COVID-19. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Message by:
- Antonio Tajani, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament
Moderator: Mark Speich (DE/EPP), Chair of CIVEX commission, Head of the German CoR Delegation
Debate with:
- Gabriele Bischoff, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament
- Muhterem Aras (DE/Greens), President of the regional Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Representative of a RegHub- Region, CoR member
- Declan McDonnell (IE/EA), Member of the Galway City Council, Ireland and Rapporteur on Local and regional authorities in the permanent dialogue with citizens, CoR member
Open discussion and exchange of best practices from local and regional authorities.
10.45 a.m.
Statements on the future of Europe by:
- Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions
- Armin Laschet, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Second session: 11.45 - 13.00
BETTER REGULATION AND ACTIVE SUBSIDIARITY/POLICY
HEALTH CHECKS AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Videomessage by:
- Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, European Commission
Moderator: Olgierd Geblewicz (PL/EPP), President of Western Pomerania and Rapporteur on Better Regulation, CoR member
Debate with:
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz (BE/PES), Member of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community, Belgium and Chair of the CoR Subsidiarity Steering Group, CoR member
- François Decoster (FR/RenewE.), Mayor of Saint-Omer and Member of the Subsidiarity Task Force, CoR member
- Roberto Ciambetti (IT/ECR), President and member of the Veneto Regional Council, CoR member
Open discussion and exchange of best practices from local and regional authorities.
Closing remarks by Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions
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Meeting documents, including the brochure of the CoR German Delegation are available on the
Members' Portal.
To follow the debates live, please
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