PRESS ROOM

The Atlantic Action Plan should not remain a mere slogan

EU 2020 and the Islands, an opportunity not to be missed

The Erika ruling should lead to changes in maritime rules

Reduction of sulphur emissions from ships: The regions' response

Mediterranean regions united for blue growth

LeaderShip 2020: Regions have big plans for the future of maritime industries

CPMR cautiously welcomes deal on EU budget for 2014 – 2020

Maritime Regions join in the EU Adriatic Agenda

The non-agreement - A missed opportunity

The CPMR Islands say “No” to EU Budget cuts and “Yes” to a rethink of the allocation criteria for Structural Funds

A Nobel prize for Europe

The CPMR with Martin Schulz against EU Budget cuts

CPMR will meet Martin Schulz tomorrow

CPMR says no to budget cuts

The Regions call for support for European Maritime Tourism

Open letter from the CPMR to the 27 Member states

Integrated Maritime Policy on the right track

CPMR at the heart of the maritime days discussion

EP invites regional and local associations to speak on EU funding 2014 - 2020

More safety for our shorelines after the Costa Concordia disaster

PLATFORMA calls for clarification of multi-actor approach in EU development cooperation

Islands are asking Commissioner Almunia for more flexibility

Andor: crisis is putting solidarity to the test

Cohesion, the sea and accessibility the focus of discussion between Regions

The Regions speak out on the Future of Fisheries

New horizons for the maritime industries

The Pact of Islands adopted by the European Parliament

A fresh look on shipbuilding and maritime industries: the Regions and the Seas and Coastal Areas Intergroup question the European Institutions

Regions call for more cross-border cooperation

Local and Regional Leaders call for their active participation in the European Governance

Every oil spill is political and locale

The CPMR lays the foundations for a genuine partnership contract

The CPMR addresses Commissioner Kallas

Barnier: The CPMR, a think tank for Europe

CPMR delivers a message to the 27 Member States

The CPMR's Atlantic Arc Commission voices concern about the future of European fisheries

Geoghegan-Quinn for better synergy between research and cohesion

The CPMR calls for a Black Sea Strategy

The CPMR welcomes with satisfaction the financial perspectives

Local and regional leaders urge Barroso to draw up ambitious EU budget and to consider their role in Europe 2020 strategy

STATEMENT - Meeting with President Barroso, 16 June 2011

The Atlantic Regions come to the rescue of European solidarity

Solidarity at the root of cohesion policy

Carlos César welcomes the CPMR Political Bureau

CPMR in Gdansk for the Maritime Days

Ports as focal points for regional development

40 Islands together at the EU Sustainable Energy Week

Invitation for the Press - The Signing Ceremony for the Pact of Islands

EU Marine Research, sharing makes sense

EU Strategy for the Atlantic takes shape

Vendola and Vauzelle towards a new policy for the Mediterranean

EU Energy Policy ignores its territorial dimension

CPMR to focus on European solidarity in 2011

The CPMR takes the floor at the Cohesion Forum

Kallas: Better integrate the peripheries in TEN-T

CPMR responds to FT

The CPMR pays close attention to the territorial consequences of the CAP review

CPMR welcomes the 5th report on cohesion

Pielbags ready to collaborate with Regions

ESF at the heart of the structural funds

Regions at the centre of the Budget review

Territorial Cohesion, Innovation and Research must go hand in hand

Jean-Yves Le Drian is the new CPMR President

Aberdeen hosts the next General Assembly of CPMR

The EP says YES to mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas

New EU plan “Innovation Union” will fail without Baltic Sea Regions

Barroso: We need the CPMR to help us deliver the IMP

Europe and its neighbourhood: Towards macro-regions?

No to an oil spill disaster in Europe

The Council launches an Atlantic Strategy

The CPMR calls on the Council to complete the 2020 strategy

The Regions at the Maritime Days

CPMR Islands Commission: Europe's islands ready to seize the opportunities of sustainable development... but want the resources to do it

Budget Commissioner expresses willingness to collaborate with
decentralised government

Corinne Lepage launches the idea to lead multi-lateral maritime talks

The CPMR in Malaga for the Informal Territorial Policy Ministers meeting

CPMR calls for regions who are partners in Research and Innovation Policies

Claudio Martini meets Commissioner Hahn to defend an ambitious cohesion policy

CPMR rallies with Fabrizio Barca to defend cohesion

CPMR to act as the secretariat for the European Parliament’s Maritime Intergroup

The World's Regions tackling hunger

CPMR welcomes Commissioner Hahn’s hearing and takes part in the Consultation on the “EU2020” strategy

Recognition for the islands and maritime regions

The CPMR is calling for a territorial pact

Local and regional associations join forces against "renationalisation" of cohesion policy

Open Letter to President Barroso

The CPMR participates in the 2009 TEN-T days

UN backs the Regions in tackling climate change

EU island regions express solidarity with small island states on the issue of climate change

From Gothenburg to Copenhagen

nrg4SD in Los Angeles for the second governors’ global climate summit

European regions meet in Göteborg to discuss the crisis

The Atlantic Arc soon to have a maritime strategy

Cohesion policy should take greater account of the crisis

The Regions facing the crisis

CPMR appeals for a Maritime Affairs Committee at the European Parliament

The Regions' role in the development

European Regions support maritime policy every single day

Islands, mountains and sparsely-populated areas to set up special interest Group in EU Parliament

Regional governance in a global context

For the first time in ten years, the Regions are left out of the six-month presidency’s initiatives

The Regions can help solve the crisis

Martini to Barroso: with the “crisis” we need more flexibility

The World's Regions are preoccupied with the crisis

Claudio Martini asks for a European Summit with the Regions to tackle the crisis

A turning point for the CPMR

Joe Borg tells the CPMR: Maritime territorial cohesion is needed

Connecting regions

A territorial pact for cohesion

On course for the Motorways of the Sea!

Mixed feeling about the Energy/Climate change package

Regions ask for a deal on the Energy Package

European development cooperation Charter in support of local governance

Regions in action to tackle climate change

Changement climatique : 100 Régions en action « IL FALLAIT OSER, IL FAUDRA POURSUIVRE »

A territorial-based treatment for the CAP

Green Paper out at last!

Regional and maritime policy, two major achievements of European integration

1-3 octobre 2008, 36e Assemblée générale de la CRPM

“Climate change: Regions in action” - NRG4SD’s world Summit - 29 & 30 october 2008 in Saint-Malo (FR)

Les Autoroutes de la Mer au centre des discussions des Régions CRPM

Regional discussions on cohesion, agriculture, fisheries and energy have been held in Rhodes.

20 May: Maritime Day

The Regions of the World meet for fair development

"2nd International Convention on a regional and local approach to development" - Press Briefing at the United Nations information centre in Rabat - Thursday 8 May 2008

Stay the course !

FOGAR: Welcome to the European Union

The CPMR participates in the EU sustainable energy week
and gives its views on the energy package

After enlargement, a European Union convergence policy for the Mediterranean

A project for post-2013 Europe?

AN INTEGRATED MARITIME POLICY AT LAST!

Barroso welcomes regional associations

Ports and Maritime Transport - Seminar in Gijón -

Claudio Martini, Ségolène Royal and Joe Borg together in Florence

CAP: CPMR launches the debate on the regional aspects of the health check

Mr Martini, CPMR, tells the European Commission: ”the Regions are willing to finance the European project, provided that they are involved in defining shared objectives and means”

The world’s Regions create a voice for themselves:
The Forum of Global Associations of Regions (FOGAR)

1st meeting of the FOGAR Steering Committee
Cape Town (South Africa), 24-25 August 2007

The world’s Regions back at work in Cape Town, South Africa

"Les enjeux d'une politique européenne de la Mer, selon la CRPM - Entretien avec Xavier Gizard, Secrétaire général" (entretien réalisé par Pierre Lemoine, Europolitique n°3346, www.europolitique.info)

The Sea unites, it does not divide

BODØ, CAPITAL OF THE BALTIC SEA…

CPMR responds to the maritime Green Paper and cohesion report

Piebalgs tells the Regions: climate change is a matter of credibility

Barrot says YES to a coordinator for the Motorways of the Sea

A boat for Europe - 5th May 2007, Brussels

REGIONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES THANK ANGELA MERKEL

"Erika, Prestige", Nunca Más!

Regions: The first worldwide network

Regions from 5 continents committed to a territorial approach of development

The Regions –key development vector(First International Convention for a Local and Regional Approach to Development, 5/7 March 2007, PACA)

The Regions in the single global market

Martini asks Verheugen: Why hasn't anything happened yet?

Merkel says YES to Regions and Towns

CPMR, UNDP and PACA join forces in favour of development

Yes to the Energy package if...

More Hydrogen in Europe - Claudio Martini and Riccardo Illy talk with Jeremy Rifkin

Les Autoroutes de la Mer dans le nouveau règlement RTE-T (only in French)

Call to the German EU Presidency: "Europe's future must include its Regional and Local Dimension"

« ERIKA 3 » Package cannot wait any longer

The Sea an example of Governance in Europe

Danuta HÜBNER believes in a Regional Policy after 2013

Danuta Hübner with the Regions

Martini a Costa: no a un regolamento finanziario RTE-T
senza Autostrade del mare

The Energy Periphery - Conference in Pamplona, 5/6 October 2006

Motorways of the Sea: dead and buried?

Energy, the maritime dimension, globalisation and regional policy in forthcoming CPMR events

Illegal immigration: Europe's islands in the front line

The CPMR is now awaiting the European Charter of Regional self-government

CPMR urges to maintain marine sciences and technologies in the 7th Framework Programme

Torn between progress at European level and withdrawal into national self-interests: the schizophrenic approach to involving regions in EU policies

Martini tells Borrell: a temporary committee on maritime affairs is needed

The first worldwide meeting of regions

The Regions, waves of the Sea

Report - The Regions, waves of the Sea

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No to renationalising regional policy

Press Invitation : CPMR Benchmarking Seminar, 31 May 2006, Brussels

Widening disparities in development between regions in Europe

Motorways of the sea is the way to decongest Europe

The Clémenceau has arrived!

Community strategic guidelines, the focus of CPMR's discussions

Isolated regions in the heart of the EU Energy summit

La CRPM évoque un plan D comme décentralisation

The CPMR tells Paolo Costa that motorways of the sea must not be dropped

The Regions, legitimate stakeholders in an ambitious maritime policy

How will maritime regions adapt to the future climate?
Seminar in Marseille, 3-4 February 2006

The CPMR responds to transport White Paper Review

Yet another accident in our seas

The regions express concern about climate change
CPMR Seminar in Marseille, 3-4 February 2006

Joe Borg to take part in discussions with the maritime regions

CPMR urges the European Parliament a strong position is needed on the budget
(please see the letter sent to the President of the European Parliament, on 09/01/2006)

Letter of Claudio Martini sent to the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Borrell
09/01/2006

A new stage giving regions the chance to participate on an equal footing in EU policies

Europe is turning its back on cohesion and its reneging internal development objectives

The Regions call for greater cooperation in the Mediterranean area

Barcelona welcomes the “European Regional Conference Barcelona +10” - EU Regional Presidents and representatives from local authorities and countries of the Mediterranean partnership from across the Union meet for the first time to re-enforce their support for the Barcelona process.

Oui aux aides d'État sur l'innovation pour dynamiser les reservoirs de croissance européens

To avoid Europe becoming a recipe for disaster, the Peripheral Maritime Regions offer some ingredients for success.

Europe at a standstill? The peripheral maritime Regions pause for thought.

New proposals from DG competition on Regional National Aid: greater consideration for the peripheral Regions.

“Cohesion: more vital than ever”

A crucial time for European integration: regional representatives –stakeholders in the negotiations– assess the consequences - Romania, 23-24 June 2005

Claudio Martini, President of CPMR: “No to Europe paying the price of derisive budget agreements”.

What Regional Aid for European businesses after 2006?

Reform of Regional State Aid guidelines: The Regions gearing up for talks on 18 April in Oviedo.

CPMR: Conclusions of the spring European Council encouraging and motivating for regional players.

CRPM : Coup d’envoi de la contribution des Régions au Livre Vert sur la politique maritime européenne et rencontre au FIPOL.

Give Regions the relevant means for a role in Research & Development.

What place for the regions in the European research area?
Seminar organised by EURADA/CPMR on 11 March 2005, Valencia (Spain)

The CPMR outraged by DG Competition’s latest proposals on Regional State Aid.

CPMR Political Bureau: Laying the cornerstone of Europe’s maritime dimension and solidarity with South-East Asia.

2007-2013: EU ambitions to fall short of expectations?
The peripheral Regions enter the debate.