29/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - “Europe and its Neighbourhood: towards macro-regions? Political and operational perspectives” is the title of the conference being organised by the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) in Brussels on 1 July. The Committee of the Regions (CoR) president, Mercedes Bresso, will deliver a speech on territorial cooperation tools for the Mediterranean. The director general of DG REGIO at the European Commission, Dirk Ahner, will speak about the political agenda for the reform of regional policy. The European Parliament's point of view will be put by Danuta Hübner (EPP, Poland), the chairwoman of the Parliamentary regional development committee. For further information, go to http://www.cpmr.org (G.B./transl.rt)