Press Release: South-East Europe, developing countries and Copenhagen: the CoR puts regions and cities at the centre of European political debates

During this plenary session, and for the first time in the history of the institution, CoR president, Luc Van den Brande, and first vice-president Michel Delebarre, presented a draft opinion on drawing up a Committee of the Regions' White Paper on multilevel governance. It launched a reflection on the allocation of responsibilities between the EU, Member States and local and regional authorities on the best way of involving sub-national authorities in the development and implementation of Community policies, thereby strengthening European democracy. The other opinions due to be adopted on 17 and 18 June discuss how Community policy is implemented at local and regional level.