Monday, 13 May 2019, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium: Catalan Foreign and European Union Affairs Secretary Dr Mireia Borrel i Porta is the newest member in the EU Committee of Regions (CoR).
Dr Borrel hails from the Balearic Islands, and holds a PhD in European Economic Policy from the European Institute of London School of Economics (LSE). Previously she held the role of Director General of Foreign Affairs at the Catalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency currently headed by Government Counsellor Alfred Bosch.
The European Union’s Committee of Regions is the assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice within the EU’s institutional network.
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http://sac.gencat.cat/sacgencat/AppJava/organisme_fitxa.jsp?codi=13801
