Who defends the regional dimension of Europe?
At the political level, there are three organizations or institutions that defend the role of regions and the regional dimension of Europe. Each of these has its own characteristics.
Here is a summary of their main specificity, based on a document produced by the General Secretariat of the AER (click on the link here below – PDF file):
The three defenders
The Assembly of European Regions (AER)
The Committee of the Regions (CoR)
The Council of Europe (CoE)
