(AGENPARL) – mar 29 novembre 2022 [logo_CoR-vertical-positive-en-quadri_MR] [Image] Joint Press Release
CoR/22/129.en | CG-PR066
Brussels, 29 November 2022
Europe needs more solidarity to help subnational governments face a ‘perfect storm’
War, the pandemic, the climate crisis, and economic and financial crises are undermining local self-government across Europe.
The Presidents of the European Committee of the Regions and of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe have warned that local and regional governments are struggling to cope with the series of crises that have rocked the continent since 2020.
The Congress President stressed the importance of addressing these challenges against the background of re-centralisation, lack of financial means, and increasing attacks on local and regional elected representatives. He warned that “this ‘perfect storm’ undermines the foundations of genuine local self-government and makes the work of the Congress even more essential, through its regular monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-Government and the promotion of human rights at the grassroots level”.
President Cordeiro emphasised the potential benefits that could emerge from the Conference on the Future of Europe, that ended in May 2022 and whose conclusions are helping to shape the agenda and functioning of the EU.
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The European Committee of the Regions
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities