2021 May 9 15:34
EU COVID-19 Certificate is crucial to revive regional tourism but it must be non-discriminatory and respect high security standards
Regions and cities unanimously back the use of a common document to facilitate free movement in the EU during the pandemic and boost the tourism sector s recovery towards new sustainable models
The plenary of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) approved by unanimity a resolution promoted by all political groups which welcomes the European Commission s proposal to create a new Digital Green Certificate. However, regional and local leaders suggest that, for sake of clarity, the document should be renamed EU COVID-19 Certificate, as put forward by the European Parliament. They insist that it should not be a travel document and stress the principle of non-discrimination, in particular towards non-vaccinated persons. Moreover, during a debate on the tourism, hotel and catering sectors recovery, CoR members committed to turn th
Conference on the Future of Europe must make their voices heard - President of the European Committee of the Regions 2021-05-07
Photo: EPP Group in the CoR
RIGA - The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has demonstrated that the EU foundations lie in local communities, therefore their voices must be heard, said President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Apostolos Tzitzikostas, at the Conference on the Future of Europe. For more than one year now the COVID-19 pandemic has swept across Europe. (.) Throughout these difficult times, the CoR, and the one million regional and local elected politicians in more than 300 regions and 90, 000 municipalities it represents, has never stopped working to serve the people living in regions, cities and villages across Europe, Tzitzikostas said in his statement.
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Europe’s ‘difficult target’ of 25% organic by 2030: Is the Organic Action Plan doing enough? The European Commission has detailed how it plans to achieve a target of 25% agricultural land under organic farming. Should it be doing more?
Under the Green Deal’s Farm to Fork strategy, the European Commission has committed to a target of at least 25% agricultural land under organic farming by 2030.
Coming from a current starting point of just 8.5%, the Commission has its work cut out for it.
“We don’t dispute that it’s a difficult target,” said Diego Canga Fano, Principal Adviser at DG Agri, who revealed a ‘big challenge’ lies in the varying starting points of the EU 27.
16-02-2021
@CoR-2020
On 4 February 2021, WHO/Europe and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) renewed their partnership by signing a new memorandum of understanding, as well as an accompanying action plan, based on the European Programme of Work and the political priorities of the CoR in 2020–2025.
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe and Mr Apostolos Tzitzikostas, CoR President, signed the agreement during the CoR Plenary session. This was an opportunity for Dr Kluge, to share information with members of the CoR about the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and the key role of local governments in curtailing the pandemic.