Leaders Summit | Stocktake following European Parliament elections
PLATFORMA spokespersons met in Brussels on 17 & 18 June for their annual gathering, the Political Council. This was organised along side the first ever CEMR Leaders Summit.
Two insipiring debates were organised and co-organised by PLATFORMA at the European Committee of the Regions, both moderated by political analyst Shada Islam.
Watch the recording of the Political debate “Shifting paradigms – finding the balance between EU values-based development cooperation and a new economic pragmatism”.
CEMR President Gunn Marit Helgesen called the new Parliament for more commitments towards local governance and cohesion policy, and put the spotlight on the involvement of women in decision-making. Violeta Crudu, PLATFORMA spokesperson from CALM (Moldova), presented the Eastern Partnership perspective: she asked the EU for more financial support to local and regional governments active in the EU enlargement process.
Watch the recording of the Political debate “Shaping the next mandate – Local and regional priorities for a prosperous future” with three representatives from the Secretariats of the European Parliament Political Groups Marie-Alix Verhoeven (Greens/EFA), Justina Vitkauskaite (Renew Europe), and Silvia Gonzalès del Pino (Socialists & Democrats).
The panel was completed by Boris Tonhauser, director of PLATFORMA, and Renske Steenbergen, deputy director of VNG International, who addressed the new challenges of decentralised cooperation in this changing geopolitical context.
Read the articles by NALAG on the interventions of Tengiz Mtvarelishvili, Nino Rukhadze and Levan Abashidze.
Picture © Elio Germani 2024
