Press Release: Commissioner Hübner welcomes the contribution of the regions to the growth and jobs agenda

Danuta Hübner, the European Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy, on 3 March 2005 welcomed in Brussels about 500 elected leaders of EU regions and regional policy experts to discuss how regions were able to contribute to a more competitive EU economy. The conference was addressed as well by the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, the Vice-President of the European Parliament A. Vidal-Quadras Roca, and Nicolas Schmit, the Minister Delegate of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, representing the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council.