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Several opinions of the Committee of the Regions call for greater cross-border cooperation

• "The future of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) post 2027" : opinion expressed by Karsten Uno Petersen (DK/PES), member of the regional assembly of South Denmark, who points out : "Border regions make up 40 percentage of the EU territory, and 30 percentage of the EU population lives in border regions. Therefore, funding for cross-border cooperation should be doubled in the next EU multiannual budget".
  https://cor.europa.eu/en/news/regions-and-cities-call-doubling-funding-cross-border-cooperation   
  https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions/cdr-1007-2024

• "Solving obstacles to the cooperation of emergency services in the EU’s border regions": opinion submitted by Pavel Branda (CZ/ECR), Deputy Mayor of Rádlo: "The recommendations in the opinion identify the steps that need to be taken to strengthen cross-border cooperation in emergency services."
  https://cor.europa.eu/en/news/borders-continue-hamper-emergency-responses  

• "EU budget and place-based policies: proposals for new design and delivery mechanisms in the MFF post-2027": opinion submitted by Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis, President of the Corsican Assembly, Vice-President of the MOT.
  https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions/cdr-2161-2024

• "A renewed Cohesion policy post 2027 that leaves no one behind": opinions submitted by Emil Boc, Mayor of the Cluj-Napoca Municipality (Romania) and Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions.
  https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions/cdr-1799-2024

More information on all the opinions and the session:
https://cor.europa.eu/en/news/regions-and-cities-adopt-proposals-reform-cohesion-policy-and-oppose-any-attempt-centralise-it-hands-1
https://cor.europa.eu/en/plenaries-events/163rd-cor-plenary-session

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