ACR+ supports European cities and regions call for for stronger role in EU governance

ACR+ is supporting mayors and regional leaders from over 100 cities, towns and regions and their networks from across Europe in calling for a new era in EU governance that recognises local and regional governments as essential partners in shaping Europe's future. To share their ideas, they published a joint letter.

Initiated by the cities of Malmö and Freiburg, this joint letter emphasises that local governments, who are responsible for implementing nearly 70 % of European Green Deal legislation and 60 percent of climate-related public spending, are pivotal in driving tangible changes and should not be sidelined in European policy processes. 

Leaders from cities across the EU, including Barcelona, Budapest, Lisbon, Vienna, Munich, Tallinn, Rotterdam, Wroclaw and Strasbourg, are calling for a move beyond consultation to genuine collaboration at the EU level, seizing the next seven-year budget preparations as a critical opportunity to invest in regional development, social cohesion, and innovation.