In an opinion drafted by Sören Herbst (EPP, Germany) that was adopted by the plenary session on Wednesday 4 July, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) proposed a local administration facility be set up to improve the territorial dimension and, more generally, the effectiveness of the Eastern Partnership to 2020.
This call echoes the one made in a CoR opinion of October 2016 on reviewing European neighbourhood policy. The Committee says that this proposal underlines the need for an instrument...