Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Open hearing on retail investor protection topics Description: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, will hold an open hearing for its Call for Evidence on a number of retail investor prot
Regions and cities welcome the European Digital Identity Wallet but point out the need for strong safeguards
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Regions and cities welcome the European Digital Identity Wallet but point out the need for strong safeguards Description: The European Committee of the Regions has backed the idea of a European Digital Identity Wallet, which should enable citizens to prove their identity all across the European Union allowing them access both commercial and public services online. Members adopted today at the plenary session an opinion drafted by Mark Weinmeister (DE/EPP), Secretary of State for European Affairs of the Land of Hesse, in which they suggest that this could become a concrete element of European identity that every EU citizen is aware of. However, the opinion points out that the use of digital identity should remain voluntary and underlines it needs to be sufficiently reinforced against the risk of cyberattacks.
EU's Regional and Local Barometer warns: €180 billion COVID gap will hit public services
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EU Description: EU CoR President Tzitzikostas warns €180 billion gap hole in local finances and criticises national governments' failure to consult local governments in investment plans
Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform : European Commission and Committee of the Regions to achieve Zero Pollution Ambition
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform : European Commission and Committee of the Regions to achieve Zero Pollution Ambition Description: The EU’s zero pollution ambition was set out in the European Green Deal to protect Europe’s citizens and ecosystems. It aims to reduce air, water and soil pollution to levels that are no longer considered harmful to health and natural ecosystem.
Regions and cities urge for quick adoption of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Regions and cities urge for quick adoption of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child Description: Jari Andersson, chair of Sastamala City Council (FI/EPP), has drafted an opinion urging the EU Member States to accelerate implementation of the EU strategy on the rights of the child and the European Child Guarantee. Mr Andersson's opinion was adopted at the plenary session of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) on Tuesday 12 October. The opinion underlines that regions and municipalities play an important role in combating child poverty and exploitation and preventing exclusion.
Slovenia PM Janša to EU local leaders: calls for a greater inclusion of regions in the EU's digital and green recovery will not go unheeded
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Slovenia PM Janša to EU local leaders: calls for a greater inclusion of regions in the EU Description: Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia, currently holding the Presidency of the EU Council, remotely attended the Plenary of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), discussing with regional and local authorities how to address local communities' needs. He told local and regional politicians that the top priority of his country's presidency of the Council of the European Union is to stop the pandemic and support the EU's economic recovery. Prime Minister Janša also thanked the European Committee of the Regions for excellent cooperation during the first half of the Presidency and for a great discussion in June already when State Secretary Gašper Dovžan presented the Presidency priorities to the Bureau, as well as congratulating the Committee members on their flagship