The President of the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development (REGI), Younous Omarjee (France, GUE/NGL), in agreement with political coordinators, has sent a letter on Tuesday 17 March on behalf of his committee to President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, to activate the legislative urgency procedure in order to take on board announcements made by the European Commission last Friday in response to the Coronavirus crisis.
“We must respond as urgently as possible...