31/03/2026 (Agence Europe) – At the opening of its 50th session in Strasbourg on Tuesday 31 March, the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities elected Norwegian Gunn Marit Helgesen (EPP) as its President. The President’s term of office will be two and half years. Drawing on her experience in her county of Telemark, she has also been President of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, head of the Norwegian delegation to the Council of...