Regions and cities adopted a Manifesto by acclamation on Friday 4 March in Marseille at the end of the 9th Summit of Regions and Cities, in which they call for a stronger role for the European Committee of the Regions in the EU legislative process in limited policy areas and for the creation of a permanent mechanism for consulting citizens.
“We, as the Committee of the Regions, call on the European Commission to upgrade the status of the Committee of the Regions beyond its current...