As the European Commission prepares to present its roadmap for the Green Deal, on Wednesday 11 December, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) calls for regional and local levels to be taken into account and heard and, to this end, wants to create a European Forum of local and regional authorities, according to the announcements in a statement published on Monday 9 December.
For the CoR, the European Commission's action programme must be prepared in cooperation with local and regional authorities if it is to be successful.
In a resolution adopted during the Committee's last plenary session, the regions thus undertake to set up a Forum of local and regional authorities to establish a close cooperation with the European Commission and the Member States. Objective: to monitor as closely as possible the implementation of actions and initiatives related to the Green Deal, but also to provide a platform for the exchange of best practices.
They also invite the Commission to continue to support and develop initiatives such as the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, both inside and outside the Union, and to take into account the implementation reports on air pollution policies and public procurement made under the Committee of the Regions' regional poles pilot project, the ‘RegHubs’.
The regions are calling for the Just Transition Fund to be fully financed from new resources, not from the cohesion policy (see other news), and for a relaxation of the state aid rules and the Energy Taxation Directive.
To consult the resolution: http://bit.ly/2sTt6ZY (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)