29/09/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 28 September, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) called for local and regional associations and representatives to be exempt from the compulsory transparency register(see EUROPE 11634). CEMR secretary general Frédéric Vallier said that local and regional governments, which include no fewer than 90,000 mayors, help democratise the European decision-making process and should not be lumped together with lobbyists, who...