On 5 and 6 May 2003, around 500 representat
ives from towns and regions in 25 present and future EU Member States, including delegates from the Assembly of European Regions, the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe, Eurocities and other associations of European regions, officials from other EU institutions, including the Commissioner for Regional Policy, Michel Barnier, and journalists from al
l over Europe, will gather in Leipzig (Germany), to attend a conference/debate on the future of cohesion policy, organised by the
...[+++]Committee of the Regions and the Leipzig city council.