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  • EESC info March 2025

    I dette nummer:

    • Europæisk forsvar – pengene skal bruges klogt og effektivt, af EØSU-medlem Marcin Nowacki
    • ReArm Europe-planen, af Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • Fokus på YEYS:

      – At engagere de unge handler om meget andet end blot at få dem til at sætte deres kryds, af Bruno António

      – Opmuntring til større indflydelse, af Kristýna Bulvasová

      – Unge fra Moldova deltager i YEYS: En generation, der ikke lader sig begrænse – interview med Mădălina-Mihaela Antoci

  • EESC info February 2025

    I dette nummer:

    • EØSU's syn på Draghi- og Lettarapporterne, af Matteo Carlo Borsani, Giuseppe Guerini og Stefano Palmieri
    • Besat af konkurrenceevne, af Karel Lannoo, CEPS
    • Konkurrenceevnekompasset formår ikke at skabe balance mellem virksomhedernes behov og arbejdstagernes rettigheder, af Esther Lynch, ETUC
    • Future 500: Opskalering af europæiske virksomheder skal sikre global succes, af Stjepan Orešković, Atlantic Council
    • ECCJ siger nej til omnibuspakken: Det bør ikke være erhvervslivets interesser, der styrer EU's politik, af Andriana Loredan, ECCJ