Martine Dieschburg-Nickels elected vice-president of the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA)

On the afternoon of 23rd of March, Martine Dieschburg-Nickels was elected vice-president of the Chamber of local authorities of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and was therefore nominated as vice-president of the Congress. SYVICOL would hereby like to warmly congratulate Mrs Dieschburg-Nickels on her appointment.

In addition, during this first part of the 40th constituent assembly of the Congress on March 23rd and 24th 2021, the new Luxembourgish delegation to the Congress - composed of full members Emile Eicher (delegation president), Dan Biancalana and Martine Dieschburg-Nickels (delegation vice-president) and alternate members Tom Jungblut, Christine Schweich and Josée Lorsché was officially invested for the new mandate of the Congress (2021-2026).

Given the current Covid-19 restrictions, the entire session took place via videoconference. The Congress also elected its new president Leendert Verbeek, as well as the presidents and vice-presidents of its chambers of local and regional authorities, and the monitoring, governance and current affairs committees.

In addition, the priorities for the 2021-2026 mandate and the budget for the next bi-annual period were adopted. A report on "Ensuring respect of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in major crisis situations" was discussed and delegates were able to discuss the priorities and activities of the German Presidency of the Committee of Ministers with the German Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth.

For more information, visit www.coe.int/fr/web/congress.

Election results

Leendert Verbeek (NL) - President of the Congress.

Chamber of Local Authorities: Bernd Vöhringer (DE)-President, Xavier Cadoret (FR), Martine Dieschburg-Nickels (LU), Antonija Jozic (HR), Konstantinos Koukas (EL), Sevdia Ugrekhelidze (GE), John Warmisham (UK), Emin Yeritsyan (AM)-Vice-Presidents. 

Chamber of Regions: Harald Sonderegger (AT)-President, Cecilia Dalman Eek (SE), Alexander Drozdenko (RU), Gunn Marit Helgesen (NO), Aleksandra Maleti (RS), Lia Montalti (IT), Andrei Novikov (EE), Mustafa Tunç Soyer (TR)-Vice-Presidents.

Monitoring Committee: Gudrun Mosler-Törnström (AT)-President, Stewart Dickson (UK)-1st Vice-President, Jani Kokko (FI), Randi Mondorf (DK), Barbara Toce (IT), Fabio Travaglini (IT)-Vice-Presidents.

Current Affairs Committee: Thomas Andersson (SE)-President, Joanne Laban (UK)-1st Vice-President, Rena Dourou (EL), Cornelia Komposch (CH), Ilsur Metshin (RU), Radka Trylcová (CZ)-Vice-Presidents.

Governance Committee: Jelena Drenjanin (SE)-President, Vincenzo Bianco (IT)-1st Vice-President, Kevin Bentley (UK), Frank Cecconi (FR), Dörte Liebetruth (DE), Ines Swaelens (BE)-Vice-Presidents.