State of the Union : The view from the regions and cities, Brussels - Main contents
| date | October 16, 2019 12:30 - 14:00 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Library Reading Room, 5th floor, Altiero Spinelli Building (ASP 05D), European Parliament  |
| attending | (Younous) Omarjee i, (Mairead) McGUINNESS et al. |
| organisation | Committee of the Regions (CoR) i |
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Following the European elections in May this year, the new leaders of the EU institutions have been elected or appointed and have announced their strategic agendas for the period 2019-2024. This lunchtime debate will provide an opportunity to deepen reflection about the role of regions and cities in the EU in the years to come. The following questions amongst others will be discussed:
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-What is the current "state of the European Union" and what are the lessons learned from 2019 for the EU's institutional setting?
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-How do the agendas of the EU institutions affect regions and cities and vice versa?
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-What are the issues of most concern for regions and cities and how will the European Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament address them?
Mairead McGuinness, MEP, First Vice-President of the European Parliament will welcome the roundtable discussion and Younous OMARJEE, President of the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development (REGI), will introduce the discussion. Then the audience will debate these questions with Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, President of the European Committee of the Regions, and Ulrike GUÉROT, professor at the Danube-University Krems, Austria, author, and founder of the European Democracy Lab in Berlin, with Etienne BASSOT, Director, Members' Research Service, EPRS, as a moderator.
Interpretation will be provided from/into French and English.
Registration is compulsory for participants not holding an EU staff permanent badge. Registration closes on 9 October.
Contact:
Contact Person: Wolfgang Petzold / Martine Lartigue
Organizer: European Committee of the Regions - Library Research service of the European Parliament
Email: CconferencesCdR@cor.europa.eu
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is an EU advisory body composed of locally and regionally elected representatives coming from all 27 Member States. Through the CoR they are able to share their opinion on EU legislation that directly impacts regions and cities.
What does the CoR do?
The CoR gives regions and cities a formal say in EU law-making ensuring that the position and needs of regional and local authorities are respected.