Main points on the agenda were the new legislation concerning EU public procurement rules and the discussion on the draft manifesto of the USLRRE for the European elections 2014.

At the Bureau meeting on 4 December 2013 in the PES headquarters in Brussels Marc Tarabella, MEP, reported on the new legislation concerning EU public procurement rules. Furthermore the Bureau of the USLRRE discussed the draft manifesto of the USLRRE for the European elections 2014. Ernst Stetter, Secretary General of the Foundation of European Progressive Studies (FEPS), and Fréderic Vallier, Secretary General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) reported on the recent activities of FEPS and CEMR.