Irish Regions European Office
  • About
    • About
  • Policy
    • Policy
    • How the EU Works
  • CoR
    • CoR
  • Funding & Financing
    • Funding & Financing
    • EU Funding Programmes and Financial Instruments
    • Toolkit for EU Funding
    • Irish Success Stories
    • Case Studies
  • Networking & Events
    • Networking & Events
    • Thematic Networks for regions
    • European Territorial Networks
  • Menu Menu

News

Round up of 150th CoR Plenary

July 13, 2022

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) held its first post-covid fully in-person meeting on the 29th and 30th June 2022. The meeting marked the half way point in the current mandate for the CoR and saw the election of Portugal’s Vasco Alves Cordeiro as President following the end of President Apostolos Tzitzikostas’ two and half year term in office.

The mandate also saw Irish delegation members being elected to new roles with Cllr. Kate Feeney being elected as Third Vice President of Renew Europe’s CoR delegation and Cllr. Kieran McCarthy as Vice President of European Alliance group.

The session itself saw a number of important debates on proposed opinions, with strong Irish contributions throughout. Topics covered include: The EU Enlargement Package 2021, Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the implementation of green budgets at local and regional levels.

Given Russia’s unprovoked and unprecedented attack on Ukraine the EU Enlargement Package debate saw several impassioned contributions from the floor. Members spoke of EU values and the need to support Ukraine as they fight to defend principles of democracy. During his contribution, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy noted that enlargement is “the strongest possible endorsement of the values we hold dear”.

The second day of plenary opened with the debate on the Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). Following a contribution from rapporteur André Viola, Irish MEP Ciaran Cuffe outlined the importance of the EPBD in the context of a cost of living and energy crisis.

The plenary session was drawn to a close with a series of debates on topics including: Priorities on the forthcoming Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the launch of the Automotive Regions Alliance and the launch of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.

The next plenary session is set to take place in October 2022.

Share this entry
  • Share on WhatsApp
https://www.ireo.eu/wp-content/uploads/ireo-ft-1500x630-cor-building2.jpg 630 1500 ireo-admin-004 https://www.ireo.eu/wp-content/themes/master/images/ireo-logo-v1-rev.png ireo-admin-0042022-07-13 15:12:282022-07-13 15:12:28Round up of 150th CoR Plenary

Comments are closed.

Latest News

  • Round up of CoR’s 166th PlenaryMay 29, 2025
  • Southern Regional Assembly Study – Visit to BrusselsApril 24, 2025
  • EMRA Local Authority Chief Executives Study Visit to BrusselsApril 23, 2025
  • Round Up of CoR’s 165th PlenaryApril 15, 2025
  • Cork County Council Study Visit to Brussels, January 2025March 3, 2025

See All News

  • Home
  • Policy
  • Funding & Financing
  • Committee of the Regions
  • Case Studies
  • Networking & Events
  • Contact Us
  • News
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Members
© Irish Regions European Office
  • X
  • Mail
Scroll to top

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

OKLearn more

Cookie and Privacy Settings



How we use cookies

We may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.

Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.

Essential Website Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site.

We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.

We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. You can check these in your browser security settings.

Other external services

We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Changes will take effect once you reload the page.

Google Webfont Settings:

Google Map Settings:

Google reCaptcha Settings:

Vimeo and Youtube video embeds:

Privacy Policy

You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page.

Privacy
Accept settingsHide notification only