The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) sent a letter to the European Commission, on Monday 25 April, proposing the creation of an EU Ukraine Refugees Local Facility to help local and regional authorities receive Ukrainian refugees.
On Twitter, CoR President Apostolos Tzitzikostas insisted that the future facility should be operational immediately, while cutting red tape to speed up the deployment of EU funds on the ground.
The signatories, namely the CoR President, the Chair of the...