The 132nd Plenary session of the Committee of the Regions takes place on 5-6 December 2018 in the European Parliament. Highlights include a debate on the future of the Cohesion Policy with Corina Crețu, Commissioner for Regional Policy as well as a debate on Brexit with European Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier. The five EPP-led opinions to be adopted during the Plenary session are:

• Common Provisions Regulation, by co-rapporteurs Michael Schneider, State Secretary of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (EPP/DE) and Catiuscia Marini (IT/PES)
• The Single Market Programme, by rapporteur Deirdre Forde, Councillor of Cork County Council (EPP/IE)
• The InvestEU Programme, by rapporteur Konstantinos Agorastos, Governor of the region of Thessaly (EPP/EL)
• Neighbourhood and the World, by rapporteur Hans Janssen, Mayor of Oisterwijk (EPP/NL)
• Digital Europe programme, by rapporteur Markku Markkula, City councillor of Espoo and First Vice–President of the European Committee of the Regions (EPP/FI)

As usual, the Plenary Session will be preceded by meetings of the EPP-CoR Bureau and the EPP-CoR Group. 132nd Plenary Session of the European Committee of the Regions documents __________________________________________________ 4 December:

• 14:30-16:00 – EPP Group Bureau meeting (JDE70)
• 17:30-21:00 – Meeting of the Bureau of the CoR(JDE52)

5 December:

• 10:30-13:00 – EPP Group meeting (JDE52)
• 15:00-21:00 – 132nd Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions (Hemicycle, European Parliament)

6 December:

• 09:00-15:15 - 132ndPlenary Session of the Committee of the Regions (Hemicycle, European Parliament)