31/01/2020 (Agence Europe) – With the announcement on Friday 31 January of the election of Apostolos Tzitzikostas of Greece as candidate for President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) by the EPP group, the two candidates for the Committee's top seat are now known. On 4 December last, the PES group elected the Portuguese candidate Vasco Alves Cordeiro (see EUROPE B12387A5), President of the regional government of the Azores and also of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions...