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Responses to public consultations
Published: 2025

EU Budget: Shared governance of strategies, priorities and policies for an efficient use of EU Budget and implementation of EU priorities

Local Alliance Joint Position: The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will be negotiated in a context of broadened priorities but stretched resources. New imperatives such as energy security, competitiveness and strategic autonomy join long-standing goals like social cohesion and decarbonisation. As Europe navigates these imperatives, it is clear that no single level of government can succeed alone.
Responses to public consultations
Published: 2025

EU Budget: Better Reforms - Reinventing public support for a grounded Europe

The Local Alliance – a coalition of Europe’s eight leading city and regional networks – share a vision for the next EU budget (2028–2034) to become a strong, comprehensive tool for a democratic, just, climate-neutral, secure and competitive Europe. This position paper has been developed in the framework of the European Commission’s consultations on the next EU budget (EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – implementing EU funding with Member States and regions) and represents the above...
Responses to public consultations
Published: 2025

EU Budget: Reinforcing European industry’s competitiveness and strategic autonomy through a place-based approach

The Local Alliance – a coalition of Europe’s eight leading city and regional networks – share a vision for the next EU budget (2028–2034) to become a
strong, comprehensive tool for a democratic, just, climate-neutral, secure and competitive Europe. This position paper has been developed in the framework of the European Commission’s consultations on the next EU budget (EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – implementing EU funding with Member States and regions) and represents the abo...
Letters and statements
Published: 2025

Joint statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition in support of an ambitious EU 2040 domestic emissions reduction target and NDC

In this letter, the Coalition for Higher Ambition is urging EU leaders to support a net domestic emissions reduction target of at least 90% by 2040 and to finally submit an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Published: 2025

Detailed analysis of the EU Clean Industrial Deal: A step forward, but key role of local and regional governments is overlooked

The European Commission published its long-awaited EU Clean Industrial Deal. The Deal plan promises “a joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation” aiming to boost action on the following 6 areas: affordable energy, lead markets, financing, circularity and access to material, global markets and international partnerships and skills. This is ICLEI Europe's detailed read of the document from perspective of cities and regions.

A grounded EU budget: Investing in Europe, our local communities and citizens for a competitive, resilient and fair future

Local Alliance Position Paper on the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
Letters and statements
Published: 2025

A joint call for stronger political leadership of the 5 EU Missions

Alongside ERRIN, Eurocities, Energy Cities and the Resilient Cities Network, ICLEI has sent a joint letter to Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, urging her to take political ownership of the five EU Missions as part of her leadership on Europe’s Clean, Just and Competitive Transition.

Mainstreaming resilience and climate adaptation policies in the EU’s Strategic Agenda 2024 - 2029

This document aims to provide recommendations to the EU’s Strategic Agenda 2024 - 2029 in order to mainstream resilience and adaptation across various policy areas and governance layers. These recommendations are building on ICLEI Europe’s decades-long experience, as well as the goals of the EU Adaptation Strategy, the assessment of the data published in Copernicus’ European State of the Climate Report 2023 and drawing on the European Environment Agency's first-ever European Climate Risk A...

Call for urgent adoption of Nature Restoration Law

Cities, regions, environmental authorities, and partners of the Urban Agenda Partnership on Greening Cities call for urgent adoption of Nature Restoration Law by the European Council.