07/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Committee of the Regions (CoR)/PES. Further to the adoption by the European Parliament of the future legislative package on the structural funds (EUROPE 10404/10412), the group of the Party of European Socialists (PES) has appointed four rapporteurs who will work closely with their colleagues from the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group of the European Parliament: (1) the Italian Catiuscia Marini (general ERDF rules, ESF and cohesion fund), (2) Greece's Konstantinos Simitsis (FSE), (3) Petr Osvald of the Czech Republic (territorial cooperation), (4) the French member Michel Delebrarre (EGTC, European grouping of territorial cooperation). They will be assisted by Michael Schneider (EPP, Germany) on the ERDF and Romeo Stavarache (ALDE, Romania). For more information: http://www.pes.cor.europa.eu (G.B./transl.fl)