Today the Commission has announced the finalist cities to advance to the next stage of the European Green Capital 2018 and European Green Leaf 2017 competitions. For European Green Capital, the finalists are ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Nijmegen in The Netherlands and Umeå in Sweden.
For European Green Leaf the finalists are Cornellà de Llobregat in Spain, Galway in Ireland and Mikkeli in Finland. EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella said: "Each year the quality of applications grows and it is encouraging to have previously shortlisted cities reapplying and learning from the process. They can become real role models for a sustainable future, showing us how we can make cities better places to live". The six shortlisted cities will now go forward to the next stage which involves presenting their future vision to the Jury. The winners will be announced on 22 June 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe's current Green Capital.
Today the Commission has also launched the search for the 2019 European Green Capital and 2018 European Green Leaf Awards. More information available here.
