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Proposals for next EU budget risk sidelining cities
City leaders warn that the European Commission's proposals for the post-2027 EU budget risk increasing the centralisation of EU funds and further side-lining cities. The proposals do not include essential measures for cities, including earmaked funding and enhanced multilevel governance.
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EU budget proposals lack support for cities and regions
The Local Alliance, a coalition of leading networks of local governments, including Eurocities, is raising the alarm over the European Commission’s proposal for the next EU budget, warning it could sideline cities and regions and undermine the delivery of key EU priorities.
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Fighting online abuse: Women city leaders speak out
As online abuse intensifies, women in political leadership are being targeted with hate designed to intimidate and drive them out of the spotlight. At the Eurocities Conference 2025, women leaders shared their experiences and pushed for systemic change.
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Scaling urban mobility: from local hubs to the EU network
Mobility challenges transcend city and even national borders. As people and goods move across longer distances, different levels of government must work closely together to strategically plan and deliver connected, efficient transport systems.
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Preventing food crises through collaboration
In Warsaw, cities discussed how food systems are connected and vulnerable to crises. The key to build resilience in the face of these crises lies in collaboration.
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Local retail, the backbone of our cities
Local retail fosters economic stability, creates employment and forms the foundation of social cohesion. European cities are supporting, strengthening and revitalising local retail to sustain urban life and contribute to the vibrancy of communities.
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Cities are building the social Europe of tomorrow
Over three days, city representatives from all around Europe focused on empowering vulnerable groups following the multiple crises cities have faced in recent years, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, spikes in food and energy prices, migration, and climate-related disasters.
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Eurocities listens to the voices of cities
The Eurocities Monitor offers a deep dive into how European cities are emerging as leaders of change, tackling global challenges and becoming a greener, more sustainable and liveable place for citizens.
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Eurocities survey takes the pulse of mayors
What are the main priorities and challenges for Europe's city mayors in the coming years? The first annual Eurocities Pulse Mayors Survey collected the responses of 92 mayors from 28 European countries to uncover the major urban trends in 2023. Among its key findings: climate action, sustainable transport and tackling local inequalities are top of mayors' agendas.
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The century of cities – interview
Will cities rule the world? Greg Clark doesn't think so, but the moderator of the Brussels Urban Summit does insist that local leaders must be invested with more power if we're to face the challenges besetting the globe.
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A first-chance plan
Support for homeless people and prevention for those at risk are high priorities on Zaragoza’s municipal agenda. The Spanish city follows the First Chance Plan, launched in 2018 and adapted throughout the years to find tailored actions aligned with the housing first approach.
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Preserving a treasure: children’ mental health
One in ten children and young people in Great Britain suffer from a mental health illness, findings from a new London School of Economics study show. In Scotland, Glasgow designed a holistic health and wellbeing approach to fight mental issues. The first step? Prevention in schools.
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Sustainable tourism makes Malaga another planet
“The change was stunning as a person living there - It was like waking up on another planet.”
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Redesigning urban spaces
In Leeds, the municipality adapted the old town to the new uses of citizens, and those changes came to stay.
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