Thriving rural areas are key to the EU's future, regions and cities underline

Thriving rural areas are key to the EU's future, regions and cities underline

 

Europe's local and regional leaders have warned that the EU's long-term sustainable development cannot be achieved without strong and sustainable rural areas and the complete integration of rural communities into the European project. 

A declaration adopted today at the European Committee of the Regions' Bureau meeting in Logroño, Spain, stresses that all EU policies should account for rural proofing, promoting the attractiveness of rural areas and protecting the quality of life of rural populations, and that rural areas need targeted support to adapt to the climate crisis and the green transition. (...)