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Regions hope to wield new powers with Lisbon Treaty

February 10, 2010 - 10:08

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) will hold a general assembly in Brussels today (10 February) to elect a new president and discuss how best to wield its new Lisbon Treaty weapons.

French MP and Mayor of Dunkerque Michel Delebarre told EurActiv that these changes mean "the CoR is not a paper tiger anymore".

Delebarre, himself a former CoR president, believes the assembly's new powers, and particularly the right to go before the European Court of Justice, make it far more than "just" a consultative body.

Despite having been largely ignored by commentators, regions believe the new Lisbon Treaty will empower them to become stronger players in EU [...]
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