​​The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe met today to prepare its contribution to the inaugural meeting of the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe to take place on 19 June in Strasbourg. The delegates wish to seize the opportunity presented by the Conference to strengthen the democratic dimension of the European Union and to restore citizens' trust in the European project. The CoR, as representative EU body of the level of government that is closest to citizens, is committed to bringing to the Conference the voices of local and regional authorities.

​This year, the European Committee of the Regions has once again cooperated with the European Commission to make the EU Green Week a success. Seven members of the European Committee of the Regions took part in different panels of the EU Green Week, three of them co-organized by the CoR, to discuss how to achieve the target of zero pollution. A major highlight of the EU Green Week is the launch of the Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform on 4 June which will help deliver the objectives of the Green Deal and help implement the EU Action Plan 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' on the ground.

Evropska komisija in Evropski odbor regij sta danes vzpostavila platformo deležnikov, ki bo v pomoč pri izvajanju akcijskega načrta EU za ničelno onesnaževanje zraka, vode in tal . Akcijski načrt – ključni del evropskega zelenega dogovora in glavna tema letošnjega Zelenega tedna EU – je bil sprejet 12. maja 2021. V njem je določena celostna vizija za leto 2050 za zmanjšanje onesnaževanja na raven, ki ni več škodljivo za človeka in naravne ekosisteme, ter vmesne cilje za leto 2030 in ukrepe za dosego teh ciljev.

Highlight the need of a particular focus on the outermost regions in the EU's strategy to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery: this is the main objective of the Azores declaration, adopted today by the Bureau of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), virtually gathered in the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portugal). The document has been presented to representatives of the European Commission, which is currently updating its strategic partnership with outermost regions in light of the serious consequences of the pandemic.