Coordinator of the CALRE Working Group on Subsidiarity, First Vice President of Bavarian State Parliament Reinhold Bocklet and members of the group discussed with Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess EU-Commission`s Task Force on Subsidiarity and with Prof. Dr. Klemens H. Fischer the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
First Vice President Reinhold Bocklet met in March 2018 with the CALRE Presidency 2018, President Ana Luís, and members of the Working Group on Subsidiarity from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Spain to discuss the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing less more efficiently, the EU-Commission established in 2018. Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess, European Political Strategy Center, and Prof. Dr. Klemens H. Fischer, Minister and Head of Department at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, gave a speech and discussed with the group how the principle of subsidiarity and poroportionality can be improved. The Members stressed out that the direct dialogue between regional parliaments and the EU-Commission is essential for a Europe listening to its citizens in the regions.