page_title: European Committee of the Regions
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: European Committee of the Regions / Work
caption_attribution_description: English: President of the CoR Ramón Luis Válcarcel Siso and the EU Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn are listening to the opening speech of the EC President José Manuel Barroso
context_page_description: The European Committee of the Regions is the European Union's assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities with a direct voice within the EU's institutional framework.
  Established in 1994, the CoR was set up to address two main issues. First, about three quarters of EU legislation is implemented at local or regional level, so local and regional representatives needed to have a say in the development of new EU laws. Second, there were concerns about a widening gap between the public and the process of European integration; involving the elected level of government closest to the citizens was one way of closing the gap.
caption: OPEN DAYS 2013. Former President of the CoR Ramón Luis Valcárcel and the EU Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn are listening to the opening speech of the EC President José Manuel Barroso
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