15th Congress plenary session – 27-29 May 2008

The Congress adopts the draft European Charter of Regional Democracy

[28/05/2008 15:00:00] On the occasion of its plenary session, the Congress adopted on 28 May, the draft European Charter of Regional Democracy. This new legal instrument for regionalisation draws in particular on recent regional developments in Europe and underlines the added value of greater regionalisation based on the inclusion of the principle of loyalty and respect of territorial integrity of the state, the principles of good governance, participation of citizens and the reaffirmation of respect for local self-government.