Reacting to his appointment, Murphy said “I am keen to bring to the fore the local and regional dimensions of the short-term impact and long-term responses needed from the fallout of Brexit.
I am particularly happy to continue my work on the trade, competition, cross-border and cooperation programme aspects. The links with ECON’s work in particular are many and I want to have a joined-up approach to the opinion.” Murphy is ECON Chair and a member of CoR-UK Contact Group intended to maintain lines of communication between local and regional authorities in the European Union and the UK’s cities, regions and devolved administrations.