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CALRE organises the I Transatlantic Parliamentary Forum
“The geopolitical context of the Atlantic has changed profoundly in recent times, for many reasons (…), the political situation but also economic and social of many countries bordering by our ocean that have gone through considerable (and often unexpected)...
The Plenary Assembly of CALRE 2018 took place at the Azorean Parliament
The Plenary Assembly of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) 2018, that took place yesterday at the Azorean Parliament, was marked by the approval of the “Declaration of the Azores”, a document approved unanimously, and that expresses the...
Declaration of the Azores approved at the Plenary Assembly
The Declaration of the Azores, which was presented and unanimously approved today at the CALRE Plenary Assembly, reaffirms the importance and topicality of the European project and alerts for the numerous challenges and dangers faced by the European project, in...
Award ceremony to reward the winners of CALRE’s “Star of Europe”
Today took place at the Plenary Assembly of CALRE the award ceremony of the “Stars of Europe”, which aims to bring out and acknowledge the best practices and initiatives adopted by the European Regional Assemblies that are members of this Conference. This year, there...
President of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria, Donatella Porzi, elected President of CALRE 2019
Donatella Porzi, President of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria, was elected unanimously, as President of CALRE for 2019, at the Plenary Assembly of CALRE, that took place today in the city of Horta. In her first speech, President Donatella Porzi began by thanking...
Ana Luís highlighted the importance of the Regions to the success of the European project
“The regional Assemblies and Parliaments of Europe, especially the ones that have legislative powers, are the body of political power closer to the citizens” said Ana Luís, President of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) and the...
CALRE Standing Committee meets in Horta
The third meeting of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) was held today at the seat of the Azorean Parliament and gathered European regional parliaments. Ana Luís, who presided over the meeting, started by...
Evocative Statement on the European Social Charter
The Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) defends a broader promotion of the importance of the Council of Europe's European Social Charter, opened for signature in Turin, on 18 October 1961, revised in 1991. In effect, the European Social...
Importance of the role of Regional Parliaments with legislative powers in the future of Cohesion Policy discussed at CALRE’s workshop at the European Week of Regions and Cities
“The added value brought by decentralisation, regionalism and multilevel governance to the European project and its unity, pointing out the role played by the regions, specially of those with legislative powers, within the building of a truly supportive Europe, which...