This group of local and regional subsidiarity experts is meant to support the activities of the Subsidiarity Steering Group and the CoR's consultative activities in general. The Expert Group should give input to the Subsidiarity Annual Work Programme and be at the disposal of rapporteurs and CoR commissions if needed.
The experts provide some input to the CoR consultative activities that make the link to the subsidiarity debate in the Member States, strengthen the mutual comprehension and thus bring the CoR closer to its local and regional partners.
Members of the Expert Group have been be selected within the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network, according to their expertise in terms of subsidiarity as well as their strong background in EU law. The composition of the Group is endorsed by the
Subsidiarity Steering Group. At the moment, the group includes the following experts:
Experts from regions with legislative powers
Klemens H. Fischer
Minister plenipotentiary and Head of Department for Länder and Regional Affairs, Permanent Representation of Austria
Austria
Luk Van Looy
Adviser to the Legal Service, Flemish Parliament
Belgium
Anton Nilsson
Counsellor, Åland Islands
Finland
Costanza Gaeta
Responsible for EU and International Affairs, Conference of the Presidents of the Italian Regional Parliaments
Italy
Miguel Ángel Muñoz Martínez
Deputy General Director for Cooperation with the National Administration and the European Union, Consejería de Presidencia, Comunidad de Madrid
Spain
Paola Morbioli
Policy Officer, Emilia-Romagna region, Delegation to the EU
Italy
Ana Enguídanos Weyler
Head of the EU department, Valencia Region
Spain
Veronika Meyer
Policy Officer, Legislative Office of the Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano – South Tyrol
Italy
Experts from local and regional authorities with no legislative powers
Caspar Sluiter
European Affairs Officer, Netherlands association of municipalities (VNG)
The Netherlands
Michael Schmitz
Advisor, Deutscher Landkreistag / German County Association
Germany
Experts from local government associations
REGLEG:
Johannes Maier
Office of the State Government Carinthia
Austria
CALRE:
Pierre-André Rixhon
Secretary of the Walloon Parliament's committee for European affairs
CoR Interregional Group "Regions with legislative powers":
Carolin-Charlotte Kosel
Bavarian State Parliament
Germany
Observers
Eurocities does not wish to appoint an expert but wishes to be kept informed and to participate in the meetings of the Subsidiarity Expert Group as an observer.
CEMR is represented on ad-hoc basis by Carol Thomas
