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PRESS RELEASE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Ref. CG025(2025)
Council of Europe Congress examines the application of the European Charter of Self-Government in Greece
Meetings and discussions are scheduled with the Head of the National Delegation of Greece to the Congress and Governor of Central Greece, as well as the mayors of Kos, Leros and Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra; the Minister of Interior; the Head of the Regional Asylum Office of Kos; and with a Greek member and Vice-Chair of the GIE.
Greece ratified the European Charter of Local Self-Government in 1989. Countries that have ratified the Charter are bound by its provisions. The Charter requires compliance with a minimum number of rights, which form the European foundation of local self-government. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ensures that these principles are respected.
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Communication Unit
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is an institution of the Council of Europe, responsible for strengthening local and regional democracy in its 46 member states. Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three committees, it brings together 612 elected officials representing more than 130 000 local and regional authorities.
President of the Congress: Marc Cools (Belgium, ILDG), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities: Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Regions: Tunç Soyer (Türkiye, SOC/G/PD).
Political groups: Group of Socialists, Greens and Progressive Democrats (SOC/G/PD), Group of the European Peoples Party (EPP/CCE), Independent Liberal and Democratic Group (ILDG), European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).
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