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  • EESC Info April 2025

    Tässä numerossa:

    • ETSK:n jäsen Emilie Prouzet elinkustannuskriisistä: Sisämarkkinoiden toimimattomuudella on liian kova hinta
    • Ukrainalainen toimittaja Tetyana Ogarkova: Puolustuksen Eurooppa, kilpajuoksu aikaa vastaan
    • Kansalaisyhteiskuntaviikkoa käsittelevät eritysartikkelit:
      • Mikä Eurooppaa vaivaa: epävarmuus ja turvattomuus ovat uusi normaali – Albena Azmanovan puheenvuoro
      • Eurooppalainen kansalaisaloite ”My Voice, My Choice”: aborttioikeuksilla yli 1,2 miljoonaa puolustajaa
      • 15. kansalaisyhteiskuntapalkinto: voittajat esittelyssä
  • EESC info March 2025

    In this issue:

    • European defence: it's about spending wisely and efficiently by EESC member Marcin Nowacki
    • The ReArm Europe plan by Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • Focus on YEYS:

      - Engaging youth should go beyond just ticking a box by Bruno António

      - Encourage to empower by Kristýna Bulvasová

      - Moldova's youth at YEYS:  Building a generation that sees beyond limitations – interview with Mădălina-Mihaela Antoci