On Wednesday 29 June, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) elected by acclamation Vasco Alves Cordeiro (PES, Portugal) as the new president of this European body for a two-and-a-half-year term.
He replaces Apóstolos Tzitzikóstas, Governor of Central Macedonia in Greece, who is appointed as the new CoR First Vice-President (see EUROPE B12949A24).
Elected to the regional parliament of the Azores, Mr Cordeiro will lead the assembly of regional and local representatives of the EU with...