The CoR president said that " As a driver of multilevel governance on the Community stage, we must ensure that our institution moves forward, by consolidating its status as a political assembly and proving its added value and local level efficiency for matters on the Community agenda."
„Komitee president märkis, et „Regioonide Komitee kui mitmetasandilise valitsemise edendaja ühenduse tasandil peab edasi arenema, tugevdades oma positsiooni poliitilise koguna ning tuues selgelt esile enda loodavat lisaväärtust ja tõhusat kohapealset tegevust ELi küsimustes.”