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The President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Mr Apostolos Tzitzikostas, officially launched the Network of Former Members of the European Committee of the Regions, a new CoR initiative, at the 144th CoR Plenary in the presence of Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, a former CoR member himself.
The Network, counting now more than 170 members, brings together former members and alternates of the CoR and gives them the possibility to continue following the CoR s political work and activities. It will encourage and provide communication support for their initiatives organised in their regions and cities. The Network will help us to increase our political outreach, including within the national level where many Members play important political roles. I believe that this will also nourish our discussions about the functioning and the future of the Union. Together, I hope that we will bring Europe closer to people , said Mr Tzitzikostas
The first-ever India-EU summit comprising of India and 27 EU member states began on Saturday. World leaders showered praise on India. These included French President Emmanuel Macron who said India did not need to "listen to lectures from anyone" and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa who himself is an Overseas Citizen of India. He spoke about his OCI card with pride.
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On the eve of the EU Social Summit in Porto, socialists and democrats gathered to set out an ambitious agenda for social rights.
Prime ministers, ministers, members of the European Parliament, trade unionists and workers from essential sectors took part in a live hybrid event -
From Gothenburg to Porto: The Path Towards a Social Europe - to discuss the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Through the Pillar, socialists and democrats are working to end child poverty, gender inequality and work-related deaths in Europe, and secure decent jobs, fair wages and a ‘Right to Disconnect’ for all citizens. The Porto Social Summit, convened by Prime Minister António Costa, is an opportunity to put Europe on a fairer path.
EU post-pandemic recovery plan submission deadline arrives 2 minutes read
Brussels, Apr 30 (EFE).- The deadline given by the European Commission for European Union countries to submit their post-pandemic recovery and resilience plans ends Friday with submissions already made by Germany, France, Slovakia, Greece and Portugal, and announced by Spain and Italy.
Slovakia and France delivered their plans on Thursday, while Germany and Greece did so on Wednesday, while Portugal, which holds the rotating EU presidency, did so on Apr. 22.
After congratulating the countries that have submitted their plans, Portuguese Prime Minister Antònio Costa announced Thursday on Twitter that the presidency “will schedule the approval of the first plans” on June 18, when economy and finance ministers of the bloc will meet.