118th CoR plenary session, Brussel

​The members of the European Committee of the Regions will meet in the 118th plenary session.

Seven opinions and two Resolutions will be on the agenda of this plenary session.

On the first day, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner in charge of Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs together with Paul Magnette, Minister-President of the Walloon Regions, and Edouard Martin, MEP, will take the floor in the context of the CoR Opinion on the EU's steel sector. Jan Olbrycht, Member of the European Parliament, will intervene on the topic of the multiannual financial framework 2014/2020. Finally, Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner in charge of Health and Food Safety will exchange views will the members.

On the second day, the plenary assembly will host Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who will intervene on the topic "Current and future challenges for European regions and cities".

The full list of opinions which will be adopted during the June plenary session:

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  The EU response to the demographic challenge, rapporteur Mr Juan Vicente Herrera Campo (Spain/EPP)
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  EU Enlargement Strategy 2015-2016, rapporteur Ms Anna Magyar (Hungary/EPP)
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  Combatting radicalisation and violent extremism: prevention mechanisms at local and regional level, rapporteur Mr Bartolomeus Somers (Belgium/ALDE)
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  Mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), rapporteur Mr Luc Van Den Brande (Belgium/EPP)
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  Food Waste, rapporteur Mr Ossi Martikainen (FI/ALDE)
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  Legislative proposal amending waste directives, rapporteur Mr Domenico Gambacorta (IT/EPP)
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  Steel: preserving sustainable jobs and growth in Europe, rapporteur Ms Isolde Ries (DE/PES)

Three Resolutions are in agenda of the plenary session:

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  Resolution on the Contribution of the European Committee of the Regions to the European Commission's Work Programme 2017
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  Resolution on the Draft Annual EU budget for 2017
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  Resolution on the situation of the Europe Direct Information Centres (EDIC)