The EU Council approved yesterday the conclusions of the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas (LTVRA), which give guidelines for member states on political orientations to adopt to strenghten further the Continue reading →

On 31st October, the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions met in Logroño, Spain on the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council.

The meeting brought together experts, policymakers, and leaders to exchange best practices and Continue reading →

What needs changing?

Rural areas encounter a number of difficulties that were put aside for a long time, such as: a shutdown of public services, lagging behind in terms of economic development, a lesser access to culture, only to name Continue reading →

Euroscepticism, approach to extremist positions and parties… the geography of discontent has become a problematic issue for, among others, European governments, which are unable to understand how, despite progressively increasing the investment of their economic and cohesion policies in all Continue reading →

At the occasion of the start of the French Presidency of our network, we interviewed Thibaut Guignard, President of LEADER France and mayor of Ploeuc-L’Hermitage (Brittany, 4 103 inhabitants), freshly elected president.

You’ve just taken the presidency of Continue reading →