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The
European Commission has proposed to set up a Fund to help the most deprived
persons in the EU. The Fund would support Member
State
schemes providing food to the most deprived people and clothing and other
essential goods to homeless people and materially-deprived children. The
proposal now goes to the European Parliament and the European Union's Council
of Ministers for approval.
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‘I would like to thank
you for the work for the Polish regions in the European Union and for your
active involvement not only on the EU forum, but also within the scope of
Polish-Belgian relations. There are many positive examples of common activities
in our bilateral cooperation. However, there is still much to be done’ – said President Bronisław
Komorowski during the meeting with the representatives of Polish regions in
Brussels on 13th November 2012. The meeting was a part of a two-day visit of
our head of state in the Kingdom of Belgium. The visit consisted, among others, of a meeting with
the Belgian Royal Couple, talks with the President of the European Council and Belgian
businessmen.
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In a meeting in Valencia (Spain), members
of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) underlined that the future financing instruments
should ensure a balanced territorial development across Europe, whilst
also respecting subsidiary and multi-level governance principles.
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The European
Parliament Committee for Regional Development (REGI) and the Commission for
Territorial Cohesion of the Committee of the Regions (COTER) presented
yesterday their shared proposals to improve the ongoing reform of the EU
cohesion policy and expressed their deep concerns for the most recent
developments of the negotiation on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework
2014-2020.
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On 3rd July
2012,
Wielkopolska Brussels Office in Brussels together with the Assembly of
European Regions (AER) organized a Breakfast Briefing on the Common Strategic
Framework (CSF). The EU region’s standpoint on this document is being prepared
by the President of Wielkopolska Region Marek Woźniak, who is the CoR’s rapporteur
for the CSF. The meeting provided a great opportunity to
present to the AER regions the main points of the opinion which had been
adopted a day before by the Commission for Territorial Cohesion (COTER). It was
also a good opportunity to exchange views with regions on the changes resulting
from the adoption of the CSF.