September 9, 2016
Ahead of the State of the Union debate on 14 September, the ALDE Group in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), gathering liberal democrat politicians from the sub-state levels of government, outlines how it sees the current state of the EU.
The main purpose of our analysis is to contribute to the work of ALDE MEPs in their preparations for the debate. Our report is therefore broken down by remit of the different EP committees, in alphabetical order according to their acronym.
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