Recently, however, the debate has gained considerable momentum, not least thanks to the CoR own-initiative opinion entitled "Towards an Integrated Urban Agenda for the EU (COTER-V-046, rapporteur Mr Bas Verkerk (NL/ALDE)), which was adopted at the CoR Plenary Session on 25 and 26 June 2014 and sets out the CoR position on the matter.
Nedavno pa je razprava dobila dodaten zagon tudi po zaslugi mnenja OR na lastno pobudo z naslovom "Na poti k celostni agendi urbanih območij v EU" (COTER-V-046, poročevalec Bas Verkerk (NL/ALDE)), ki je bilo sprejeto na plenarnem zasedanju OR 25. in 26. junija 2014 ter določa stališče OR v zvezi s tem.