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In a meeting in Valencia (Spain), members of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) underlined that the future financing instruments should ensure a balanced territorial development across Europe, whilst also respecting subsidiary and multi-level governance principles.
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The European Parliament Committee for Regional Development (REGI) and the Commission for Territorial Cohesion of the Committee of the Regions (COTER) presented yesterday their shared proposals to improve the ongoing reform of the EU cohesion policy and expressed their deep concerns for the most recent developments of the negotiation on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020.
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On 3rd July 2012, Wielkopolska Brussels Office in Brussels together with the Assembly of European Regions (AER) organized a Breakfast Briefing on the Common Strategic Framework (CSF). The EU region’s standpoint on this document is being prepared by the President of Wielkopolska Region Marek Woźniak, who is the CoR’s rapporteur for the CSF. The meeting provided a great opportunity to present to the AER regions the main points of the opinion which had been adopted a day before by the Commission for Territorial Cohesion (COTER). It was also a good opportunity to exchange views with regions on the changes resulting from the adoption of the CSF.
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Marek Wózniak (PL/EPP), Marshal of the Wielkopolska region and Committee of the Regions (CoR) rapporteur of the draft opinion on the Common Strategic Framework (CSF), attended the European Parliament Committee on Regional Development (REGI) to share the CoR point of view on this issue.
Marek Wózniak said that, "The CoR fully supports the recommendation of the European Parliament (EP) and Council that the CSF should be adopted as an annex to the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) rather than as a delegated act". He continued saying that this was because, "this is the only way for the CoR to be formally involved in the legislative work, in line with article 177 of the Treaty".
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On Friday, 8th June the representations of four Polish regions* hosting the matches of the European Football Championships EURO 2012, together with the Polish diplomatic corps and the Polish Tourist Organisation invited a several hundred guests to celebrate the inauguration of the Championships in the heart of Brussels. During the Poland-Greece match the Autoworld Museum was filled with white &red, as well as white&blue flags and later with the national colours of Russia and the Czech Republic, which played the second match. Supporting the teams during such an international gathering was a unique occasion to promote Polish regions and cities among the Europeans.
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