Committee of the Regions, CoR

(Photo: Committee of the Regions website)
Members representing local authorities in the EU.
At present, the CoR only has an advisory function.

The future

The proposal for an EU Constitution suggests that the CoR can go to the EU Court and claim that proposed EU regulations are in breach of the principle that law and policy should be made at the most appropriate level (subsidiarity).

The CoR consists of 344 members after Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU on the 1st of January 2007. 

Germany 24
United Kingdom 24
France 24
Italy                           24
Spain                         21
Poland                        21
Romania                    15
Netherlands               12
Greece                       12
Czech Republic         12
Belgium                     12
Hungary                     12
Portugal                     12
Sweden                      12
Bulgaria                     12
Austria                       12
Slovakia                     9
Denmark                    9
Finland                       9
Ireland                       9
Lithuania                   9
Latvia                        7
Slovenia                     7
Estonia                       7
Cyprus                       6
Luxemburg                6
Malta                         5

Links

http://www.cor.europa.eu/en/index.htm