Her election, which came at the start of the 2025-2030 mandate of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), means that President Tüttő will be the leading voice of regions and cities in the European Union for the next two and a half years. Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, (EPP/ES) president of the Spanish region of Andalusia, will […]
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EU annual budget 2026: Council sets guidelines for next year’s EU budget
The Council today approved conclusions setting guidelines for the EU’s annual budget for 2026. The guidelines provide political steer to the Commission in preparing the draft budget proposal for next year’s budget. In its conclusions, the Council underlines that the EU budget for 2026 has a key role in the development and delivery of the […]
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A delegation from the European Parliament visits Aragon to learn about its logistics potential in the European Union
MEPs will analyse the logistics capacity of several facilities located in Zaragoza, and discuss the impact of the European Transport Networks in Aragon, particularly in the context of cross-border connections. A delegation of 9 MEPs from the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) will travel to Aragon from 24 to 27 February to meet with national, […]
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European Committee of the Regions elects new president
#CoRplenary agenda: European Council’s president, three European commissioners and Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko to participate in first session of new mandate. António Costa, the President of the European Council, will on 19 February address the European Committee of the Regions at the inaugural session of the assembly’s five-year mandate. The plenary session will see […]
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Munich Security Conference 2025: President von der Leyen calls for a “more pragmatic, more focused, more determined Europe”
President Ursula von der Leyen attended the annual Munich Security Conference and gave a keynote speech in which she described a world with competing visions and a more transactional approach to global affairs. She stressed that Europe must change in order to thrive in this new reality. As the Commission’s actions have shown in the first weeks of its new mandate, the EU […]
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António Costa “There will be no credible and successful negotiations no lasting peace without Ukraine and without the European Union”
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference 2025, European Council President António Costa highlighted that the EU will continue to support Ukraine as an integral part of its project for peace. “On 24 February 2022, the European Union changed. On the very first day of the war in Ukraine, at 7 pm, European leaders gathered for […]
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Commission proposes to reduce EU securities settlement cycle from two days to one
The Commission has proposed reducing the settlement period for EU transactions involving tradable securities from two days to one day. The proposed legislative amendment would reduce the settlement cycle for certain securities – such as shares or bonds executed on EU trading venues – from two business days (the so-called “T+2”) to one business day […]
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Designing together the future of the EU: the Commission presents the path to the next long-term EU budget
The European Commission published a Communication titled “The Path to the Next Multiannual Financial Framework,” outlining the main political and budgetary challenges that will shape the design of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). It sets the foundation for reflecting on how to adapt the EU’s long-term budget to evolving needs and priorities. In parallel […]
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Regions and cities join forces for public procurement revision
The Network of Regional Hubs (RegHub) held an event in Brussels on 7 February to launch the upcoming CoR consultation on the evaluation of the 2014 Public Procurement Directives and to prepare the launch of the next phase of the network. In the morning, the Hubs took part in an interactive session which looked back […]
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