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EU "macro-regional" strategies define priority projects for groups of regions or countries like the Baltic Sea region or the Danube area. A high-level conference organised by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels today was the first opportunity to link these separate geographical debates and examine the new concept as a whole. EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn joined more than 300 politicians and experts to debate the potential and limitations of existing and emerging macro-regional strategies.
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On 10 April 2010 on the way to commemoration ceremony of the 70 th anniversary of the Katyn massacre the President of the Republic of Poland Mr Lech Kaczynski, the First Lady Mrs Maria Kaczynska, members of the polish delegation and crew lost their lives.
May they rest in peace!
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The European Commission has launched today the Europe 2020 Strategy to go out of the crisis and prepare EU economy for the next decade. The Commission identifies three key drivers for growth, to be implemented through concrete actions at EU and national levels: smart growth (fostering knowledge, innovation, education and digital society), sustainable growth (making our production more resource efficient while boosting our competitiveness) and inclusive growth (raising participation in the labour market, the acquisition of skills and the fight against poverty). This battle for growth and jobs requires ownership at top political level and mobilisation from all actors across Europe. Five targets are set which define where the EU should be by 2020 and against which progress can be tracked.
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The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved the new European Commission led by President José Manuel Barroso on 9 February, clearing the way for the EU executive to take office nearly four months behind schedule.
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On the 9 - 11 February a plenary seesion of the Committee of the Regions took place in Brussels. It launched the new 2010 – 2015 term. 344 representatives of European regions and local authorities chose people for key positions at the Committee, formed thematic Commissions and concluded necessary agreements within the four political groups and twenty seven national delegations. In this framework the EPP, which presently constitutes the strongest political group (130 members) offered Marchal Marek Woźniak to take up the position of the President of the Commission for Teritorial Cohesion (COTER). Is is one the most important Commissions of the CoR, which deals with topics linked closely to such regional issues as: economic, social and territorial cohesion, structural funds, macroregional strategies, transport, territorial cooperation and spatial planning.
