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City leaders bring local realities to Strasbourg
Meeting MEPs and European Commissioners in Strasbourg, city leaders called for a stronger role in EU decision making and greater investment. They stated the next EU budget and key EU policies must support cities to tackle major challenges such as housing and climate change.
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People of Eurocities: the value of a network
Laura Trujillo Parra, Rens Jonker, Imara Antonius and Jochem Cooiman have been selected as part of the People of Eurocities initiative, recognising members who have made a lasting contribution to the network.
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Cultural professionals in cities are co-creators of democracy
Ahead of her keynote at the Eurocities Culture Forum in Gothenburg, Karin Dalborg, CEO of Nätverkstan, explains why cities’ cultural institutions and the professionals who run them play an important role in protecting democratic life.
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Cities stand with LGBTI+ people in Türkiye
Eurocities stands with the LGBTQI+ communities targeted by raids carried out across Türkiye this September.
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Food markets: from tradition to transformation
Particularly in Mediterranean cities, food markets are more than places to shop. They are an essential part of daily life, social interaction and cultural identity. But markets’ presence goes beyond Southern countries.
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Holding the food transition together: city strategies in uncertain times
Grenoble-Alpes Metropole’s food and agriculture strategy is helping keep a complex transition on track, even as budgets shrink and political priorities shift.
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Sharing food initiatives, growing change
What happens when European cities share their best food ideas? An ode to the cities learning together through the Cleverfood project.
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If you eat, you are in
Lambeth is showing how food can unite communities, improve health and shape local policy. Discover a city transforming its food system
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Hamburg partners with businesses for resilient food
Why are other cities hungry for Hamburg’s recipe? Find out how the city is cooking up a stronger food system.
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Warsaw’s Food Lab: How collaboration is transforming urban food systems
How Warsaw built a food lab without a food policy – and why its approach could inspire Europe’s next moves on food.
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Eurocities Academy: Practical tools for Urban Food Policy
People need better access to healthy food. This is how the Eurocities Academy helps cities act with practical tools and peer learning.
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Why EU Food Policy needs cities
Europe’s food future starts in its cities. Will EU rules unlock their power or hold them back?
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Liege’s Food Belt: a citizen-led food revolution
How 600 citizens turned Liege into Europe’s food revolution hub changing what’s on people's plate and in city politics.
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Good food for all: how Bury is rewiring its food system
Bury is changing the way a community eats, from healthy school meals and local markets to sustainable kitchens, making good food accessible to all
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