The President of the Committee and the Regions (CoR), Karl-Heinz Lambertz, presented the point of view of the regions and cities with regard to the state of the European Union, to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. The former put forward two major demands: ensuring strong cohesion policy involving all regions and guaranteeing resources that corresponded to a third of the future European Union budget. Mr Lambertz also called for a Summit of the Cities and Regions to be...