The Bureau of the USLRRE met on 16 October 2009 in Paris and elected the executive Bureau of the USLRRE. Claudy LEBRETON was elected as the USLRRE’s new President.

The Bureau of the USLRRE met upon the invitation of the FNESR 16 October 2009 in Paris. At this meeting the executive Bureau of the USLRRE was elected. Claudy LEBRETON, President of the Conseil Général of the Departement Côtes d’Armor, President of the FNESR and President of the Assembly of French Departements was unanimously elected as the USLRRE’s President. Marc TARABELLA, Member of the European Parliament and Mayor of Anthisnes is the new Secretary General of the USLRRE. The former Presidents of the USLRRE Martine Buron and Herbert Schmalstieg were appointed Honorary Presidents of the USLRRE.

In the afternoon a Conference took place on the subject of «Shaping the Future: The Contribution of Local and Regional Authorities to a Democratic, Social and Sustainable Europe». Speakers included Philip Cordery, Secretary General of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Harlem Desir, Member of the European Parliament, National Secretary of the Parti Socialiste in charge of coordination, Pierre Schapira, Deputy Mayor of Paris, and Jeremy Smith, Secretary General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR).
Delegations of the organisations of social democratic and socialist local and regional representatives from eleven European countries took part in the meeting of the Bureau of the USLRRE and in the Conference.

Resolution «Shaping the Future: The Contribution of Local and Regional Authorities to a Democratic, Social and Sustainable Europe»

Executive Bureau of the USLRRE 2009