At the Committee of the Regions mid-term mandate plenary session, the European Alliance group unanimously elected Estonian member Dr Uno Silberg as its new group President. 

Dr Silberg said that 'it is a great honour for me to now lead the fourth political group in the Committee of the Regions.  We have achieved a lot over the past two years and I intend to continue the very good work of Mr Jerzy Zająkała over the past two and a half years.  The European Union is in continuing crisis and I believe that local and regional authorities must play a part in trying to find solutions to get our regions out of the crisis."

The European Alliance group also elected unanimously Mr Jerzy Zająkała as 1st Vice President of the group.

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