Local leaders for Europe

The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions, the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. The 9th episode focuses on the democracy crisis and what can be done about it at the local level. Two young elected politicians – Gregor Unfried, a city councillor in St. Pölten, Austria, and Alba Gordó Vilaseca, a city councillor in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain – told us about what they do in their constituencies to strengthen democracy, how they include citizens in decision making, about the importance of leading by example, and more.

The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions, the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this 8th episode, we talked with young elected politicians Mateusz Cebula, city councillor in Dębica, Poland, and Sandra Schneeloch, city councillor in Cologne, Germany. They shared with us their tips on accessing the EU funding, examples of successful projects, as well as their vision for the future. Even though they come from two very different cities, they are equally committed to keep working to strengthen cohesion in their communities.

Europe has roughly a million local and regional elected office-holders, but only about 30% of them are women. Gender equality is a core value for the European Union, it is crucial to tackle the barriers women face in entering politics and actively engage politicians in this matter. In this podcast, we have a chat with Inês Xavier, Lauda Guidiceli, and Elisenda Alamani, 3 young women elected at the local level and members of the Young Elected Politicians (YEPs) program of the European Committee of the Regions. They share their personal experience, talk about barriers that block women from deciding to seek political decision-making positions or that blocks them when they are in, and how to overcome them.

The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this edition of the podcast, two Young Elected Politicians, Francesca Pizziolo from Italy and Anna-Kristiina Mikkonen from Finland, explain how cohesion policies and funds are used in their cities and regions.

The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this edition of the podcast, two Young Elected Politicians, Astrid Aller from Denmark and Monika Andrasek from Hungary, share their views on how to engage citizens in the fight for climate neutrality.

The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. In this edition of the podcast, two Young Elected Politicians, Elena Alvarez Brasero from Spain and Sophia Kircher from Austria, are sharing their views on what the future of Europe should look like.

The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. For the second episode, Local leaders for gender, young elected politicians have been invited to share their opinion on gender equality and the difficulties for women in politics. Tune in to hear what they have to say!

The Local Leaders for Europe podcast is a series of interviews conducted at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU's assembly of regional and local authorities. For the first episode, Local Leaders for Climate, young elected politicians have been invited to discuss with CoR Members and draft recommendations on climate action in the framework of the Green Deal resolution and COP25. Listen to what they came up with!