​At the first meeting of the NAT commission in the new CoR mandate, Cllr Tony Buchanan, Deputy Leader East Renfrewshire Council was elected as the Commissions' 1st Vice President.  He said: I am delighted to be elected as 1st vice-president of such an important commission.  It is clear that the economic recovery in Europe must also include the rural areas and there is so much potential for development in agriculture, fisheries and across our rural communities and I believe that the EU needs to prioritise actions to harness this potential.