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Bart Somers to speak at ALDE-EP New Year seminar: A counter-narrative to violent extremism

January 12, 2016

ALDE-CoR Vice President and CoR Rapporteur on Combating radicalisation and violent extremism, Bart Somers (BE/Mayor of Mechelen) will be speaking at the ALDE Group’s New Year Seminar on Tuesday 12 January. He will be addressing the development of a counter-narrative through local strategies and practices.

A month later on 25 February Mr Somers and the ALDE-CoR group will organise a study visit for MEPs to Mechelen on the same topic.

For registration and more information about the seminar please visit the ALDE-EP website: http://www.alde.eu/event-seminar/events-details/article/new-year-seminar-a-counter-narrative-to-violent-extremism-46463/

ALDE-CoR and ELF join forces on debating about public procurement in TTIP

On 4 December a roundtable discussion “Facing facts: public procurement in TTIP” took place, organised by the ALDE Group of the Committee of the Regions together with the European Liberal Forum (ELF). Stakeholders in local and regional authorities across the European Union have been following TTIP negotiations in the media. The intense public discourse on […]

News. 4 December 2015

ALDE group in the CoR cracks down on corporate tax avoidance and calls for common EU rules

At the plenary of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) local and regional leaders called for a fair and efficient corporate tax system in the European Union. The opinion drafted by Jean-Luc Vanraes (BE/ALDE), member of Uccle Municipal Council, criticises the complexity of corporate taxation systems, which disadvantages small businesses, and calls for a […]

Opinion. 3 December 2015

ALDE-CoR backs European Commission’s European Agenda for Migration

In its December plenary session, the European Committee of the Regions gave broad political backing to the European Commission’s European Agenda for Migration. The crucial role of Europe’s local and regional authorities in addressing the immediate and long-term challenges posed by the arrival of large numbers of refugees and migrants needs to be more fully reflected […]