161st CoR Plenary Session

19/06/2024 : 15:00 (CET) - 20/06/2024 : 13:00 (CET) Brussels: Hemicycle (European Parliament) Agriculture; Water policy; Climate change policy; Rural development; Circular economy; Green Deal

The Members of the European Committee of the Regions held a meeting for the 161st Plenary Session on 19-20 June 2024.

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The main highlights of the session were:

The results of the 2024 European elections:

Statements by political groups

Debate on the Common Agricultural Policy with:

Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Debate on improving EU support for regional research and innovation ecosystems - the example of the regional innovation valleys with:

Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

Debate on building a sustainable water management for the future of cities and regions with:

Taleb Abderrahmane El Mahjoub, Mayor of Tevragh Zeina (Mauritania)

European Entrepreneurial region 2025 award ceremony with:

Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (CZ/RENEW E.), Chair of the ECON Commission of the CoR
José González Vázquez (ES/EPP), Minister of Employment, Trade and Emigration of the Xunta de Galicia
Zlatko Šorša, (HR/PES) President of the Assembly of the Krapina-Zagorje County
Adam Struzik, (PL/EPP), Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship

Agenda

Wednesday 19/06/2024

15:00
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND MINUTES
1. Adoption of the agenda (COR-2024-01067-00-02-CONVPOJ-TRA) 2. Approval of the minutes of the 160th plenary session, held on 17 and 18 April 2024 COR-2024-00360-00-01-PV-TRA – COR-2024-00360-00-00-PV-REF COR-2024-00360-01-00-PV-REF – COR-2024-00360-02-00-PV-REF COR-2024-00360-03-00-PV-REF 3. Statement by the President
15:05
THE RESULTS OF THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2024
4. Statement by political groups Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
15:35
PRESENTATION AND ADOPTION OF ONE OPINION
5. Towards a Global Green Deal: harmonising global frameworks for climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development Own-initiative COR-2023-05586-00-01-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/048 Rapporteur: Rafał Kazimierz TRZASKOWSKI (PL/EPP) and Kata TÜTTŐ (HU/PES)
16:15
DEBATE ON THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND ADOPTION OF ONE OPINION
6. Statement by: COR-2024-01067-01-01-PSP-TRA * Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions 7. The Future of the Common Agricultural Policy Own-initiative COR-2023-05512-00-00-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/042 Rapporteur: Piotr CAŁBECKI (PL/EPP) and Isilda Maria Prazeres GOMES (PT/PES)
18:00
DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF THE REVISION OF THE COR RULES OF PROCEDURE 2024
8. Revision of the CoR Rules of Procedure 2024 COR-2024-00718-00-00-PAC-TRA COR-2024-00808-00-02-RI-TRA (Report of the ad hoc commission on the revision of the CoR Rules of Procedure 2024) Rapporteur: Luca Menesini (IT/PES)
18:10
DEBATE ON IMPROVING EU SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS - THE EXAMPLE OF THE REGIONAL INNOVATION VALLEYS
9. Statements by: COR-2024-01067-02-03-PSP-TRA • Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth • Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions
19:10
PRESENTATION AND ADOPTION OF TWO OPINIONS
10. Addressing medicine shortages Own-initiative COR-2023-05498-00-00-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/040 Rapporteur: Erika VON KALBEN (DE/GREENS) 11. Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Mandatory COR-2023-03680-00-03-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/042 Rapporteur: Frida NILSSON (SE/RENEW E.)
19:55
Y FACTOR PROJECT
12. Y Factor project: "Model CoR"
21:00
ADJOURNMENT

Thursday 20/06/2024

09:00
PRESENTATION AND ADOPTION OF TWO OPINIONS
13. The role of local and regional authorities in the transition towards a circular economy Council presidency referral COR-2024-00709-00-01-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/049 Rapporteur: Loredana CAPONE (IT/PES) 14. Active subsidiarity: a fundamental principle in the EU Better regulation agenda Own-initiative COR-2023-05624-00-01-PAC-TRA – CIVEX-VII/029 Rapporteur: Mark SPEICH (DE/EPP) Statement by Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight (video message)
09:45
DEBATE ON BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF CITIES AND REGIONS AND ADOPTION OF TWO OPINIONS
15. Statement by: COR-2024-01067-03-01-PSP-TRA * Taleb Abderrahmane El Mahjoub, Mayor of Tevragh Zeina (Mauritania) Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions 16. Towards a resilient water management to fight climate crisis within an EU Blue Deal5 Own-initiative COR-2023-05587-00-00-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/047 Rapporteur: André VIOLA (FR/PES) 17. Creating an EU Blue deal from an agriculture and rural development perspective across EU Regions Own-initiative COR-2023-05513-00-01-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/041 Rapporteur: Karl VANLOUWE (BE/EA)
11:00
PRESENTATION AND ADOPTION OF TWO OPINIONS
18. Enhancing the European Administrative Space (ComPAct) Own-initiative COR-2024-00028-00-00-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/036 Rapporteur: Tom JUNGEN (LU/PES) 19. EU roadmap to fight drug trafficking and organised crime Own-initiative COR-2023-05442-00-01-PAC-TRA – CIVEX-VII/026 Rapporteur: Matteo Luigi BIANCHI (IT/ECR) Statement by Andrei Lințǎ, Deputy Executive Director of Europol, Capabilities
11:40
EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURIAL REGION 2025 AWARD CEREMONY
20. Statements by: COR-2024-01067-05-00-PSP-TRA • Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (CZ/RENEW E.), Chair of the ECON Commission of the CoR • José González Vázquez (ES/EPP), Minister of Employment, Trade and Emigration of the Xunta de Galicia • Zlatko Šorša (HR/PES), President of the Assembly of the Krapina-Zagorje County • Adam Struzik (PL/EPP), Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship
12:45
OTHER DOCUMENTS
21. Election of Bureau members (COR-2024-01067-00-00-PSP-REF) (for decision) 22. New CoR members and alternates (COR-2024-01067-00-00-PSP-TRA) (for information) 23. Any other business 24. Date of the next meeting.
13:00
END OF THE PLENARY SESSION