disabled children, €700 annual for numerous families, €3,000 of credit for occasional workers. Spending review Enrico Rossi launched a cut of the public spending. Since 2011, he earned the lowest pay between the Presidents of Region in Italy, like his assessors and the regional councillors. In May 2012, he sold off the "blue cars" (free public car of the Italian politicians) in favour of methane-powered Fiat Puntos. Regional officeholders travel in second class with trains, on budget airlines and from 2009 the spending of the Rossi Administration and staff was reduced of 60%. In 2011 the number of regional councillors decreased from 65 to 55 and the assessors from 14 to 10. From 2015, the life annuity has been abolished. Other issues Rossi asked the central government not to renew Trenitalia's contract, but launch a European tender. Rossi exposed the poor condition of the trains, and demanded better public funding. In 2013, Rossi created a new waste plan, with the proposal to realize 70% waste sorting by 2020, without new waste plants. In 2014, Rossi created a landscape plan that protects 365 areas from possible "Ecomonsters" (buildings that spoil the landscape). Commitment to the European Union In Europe, he is a socialist Member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) following the works of the Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture (SEDEC) and previously of the Commission for Economic Policy (ECON) and Commission for Natural Resources (NAT). He contributed to the work of these Commissions with three Reports on the "European Union programme for social change and innovation", "Youth Employment Package", and "A Council Recommendation for the integration of the Long-Term unemployed". He is also vice-president of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) in charge of Cohesion. Since the beginning of the post-2020 negotiations, he has actively contributed to the discussion on the future of Cohesion policy presenting also an Open contribution for the post 2020, a position outlining his views on the future of the Cohesion. Firmly convinced about the importance of the #Cohesionalliance, in view of the EU elections he launched a territorial campaign “Europe in Tuscany” underlining the importance of ESIF funds, personally visiting 100 projects financed by ERDF, EARDF and ESF in Tuscany. Representatives from DG REGIO including the former Commissioner of Regional Policy, Corina Creţu, participated in some visits. He has been invited to the “7th Cohesion Forum” where he