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People of Eurocities: the value of a network
Laura Trujillo Parra, Rens Jonker 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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Cities back European Affordable Housing Act, but need more powers to protect neighbourhoods
Europe’s city leaders have welcomed the EU’s first European Affordable Housing Plan and its focus on boosting housing supply and tackling housing stress. But they warn parts of the proposal could limit cities’ ability to address local housing pressures and the impacts of short-term rentals.
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License to pollute, goodbye?
Eurocities urges the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to hold manufacturers accountable for their vehicles’ emissions
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Parisians will live within a 15-minute radius
Anne Hidalgo made it her re-election call to arms and the 15-minute city is the latest buzz. How is Paris planning to move this from an idea to reality?
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Mayors to EU: Our recovery must start local
Mayors from nine major European cities have written a letter to the presidents of the European institutions to demonstrate the need for a clear local level role in the recovery.
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Chemnitz named European Capital of Culture 2025
Following its four year application process, Chemnitz can now look forward to continuing and deepening its work.
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Gender Equality Week: What can cities do?
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the European Parliament is holding its first ever Gender Equality Week. To mark this in turn, Eurocities takes a look at some of the actions cities do to promote gender equality.
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City news: Rome, cycling capital in the making
Finding opportunities in the corona crisis, Rome, and many other European cities, are boosting their cycling revolution.
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The Green City Accord is here
Cities are leaders when it comes to innovative policy making to improve our environment and the Green City Accord sets out a new partnership between cities and the EU to work towards creating cleaner and greener cities.
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The giraffe in the room
You’ve heard the one about the elephant, right? But what about the giraffe? It’s really not too easy to hide a giraffe either... Let’s talk climate policy.
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Milan cuts emissions through school lunches
The city has reduced CO2 emissions from its school meals by 20% in five years.
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What role for cities in Roma inclusion?
In the same week as the new EU strategy for Roma inclusion, equality and participation was announced, Eurocities hosted European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli for a special debate on the rights of Roma people in our cities.
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