Ahead of the Employment and Social Affairs Council meeting of 21 June, Nathalie Sarrabezolles, Rapporteur of the European Committee of the Regions on the Work-Life Balance Directive and President of the Finistère Departmental Council (France/PSE), underlines the need for the swift adoption of a strong Directive, which will be a decisive step in the meaningful implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and will impact positively upon the lives of millions of working parents.  

 

W dniu 7 czerwca lokalni i regionalni przywódcy UE zebrani w Sofii wezwali do zapobieżenia 10-procentowym cięciom w polityce spójności przewidzianym we wniosku Komisji Europejskiej dotyczącym budżetu UE na lata 2021–2027. Wraz z bułgarską prezydencją Rady UE zaapelowali o zapewnienie wystarczających zasobów i poprawę przepisów, by ograniczanie dysproporcji rozwojowych pozostało najważniejszym celem i zadaniem przyszłych europejskich funduszy strukturalnych i inwestycyjnych dzięki zaangażowaniu podmiotów lokalnych. 

What potential have space technologies to contribute to Europe's energy transition? To what extent can satellite applications enable more sustainable energy management systems? In which ways can satellite applications support cities and regions in the daily management of urban services? These are some of the questions addressed today at a workshop organised by the European Committee of the Regions, the European Space Agency and EURISY, a non-profit organisation which aims at bringing satellite services and space applications more accessible to public bodies and businesses. The event is part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2018.  

Queen also hears about efforts to end violence against women in meeting with CoR members. 

Commenting on the proposal for Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 presented by the European Commission on 29 May, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), said: " We welcome the European Commission's proposals to strengthen the impact of cohesion policy, particularly in those regions that suffered the most from industrial decline during the crisis. These new rules make it possible to support them with more resources and more tailored strategies.  

Two weeks before the European Commission unveils its long-term funding proposals for the European Union's foreign policy, local and regional leaders from the EU and from the six Eastern Partnership countries underlined at a meeting on 29 May that they wish to see a budget that provides adequate financial and administrative support for local and regional authorities and for efforts to stimulate local-level democracy.  

Karl-Heinz Lambertz (BE/PES), President of the European Committee of the Regions, had this to say about the proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) presented today by the European Commission: "The drastic cuts to the rural development budget, the increase of co-financing for rural development policy and the removal of rural development funding via the CAP from cohesion policy mean that it will not be possible to preserve farming in every region or to safeguard a living countryside in order to meet the territorial cohesion objective enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty".  

Inicjatywa #CohesionAlliance świętuje swoje pierwsze najważniejsze osiągnięcia – zapewnienie polityki spójności dla wszystkich i zachowanie zasady wielopoziomowego sprawowania rządów. Jednak proponowane cięcia w wysokości 10% i zagrożenie centralizacją sprawiają, że podmioty lokalne mogą nie być w stanie skutecznie wspierać obywateli i przedsiębiorstw. 

The 2018 Transformative Action Award is now open. The competition rewards current or concluded actions that use the pathways of the Basque Declaration related to three categories: socio-cultural transformation, socio-economic transformation and technological transformation.