The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.

It represents employers, workers and civil society organisations. The expertise of its 329 members helps optimise the quality of EU policies and legislation.

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  • 595th Plenary session — 26-27 March 2025

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    595th Plenary Session, with the following guests: Michael McGrath, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection;  Christophe Hansen, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food,; Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, and for Implementation and Simplification, and Kim Jørgensen, Director General and European Investment Bank Permanent Representative to the EU Institutions in Brussels. You will be able to follow the debates by web streaming

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  • The EU's contribution to the second UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Stocktaking Moment

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EESC Members work in 3 groups representing Employers (Group I),
Workers (Group II) and Civil Society Organisations (Group III).

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  • 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
  • EESC Info January 2025

    I dette nummer:

    • Sikring af støtte til socialøkonomiske enheder i overensstemmelse med statsstøttereglerne af Giuseppe Guerini
    • EØSU's forevisning af den belarusiske film "Under the Grey Sky" – interview med filminstruktøren Mara Tamkovich
    • Den nye pagt om migration og asyl kan sætte det europæiske projekt på prøve af Camille le Coz, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Europe
    • Umærkede grave ved Europas yderste grænser af Barbara Matejčić

    • Syriske flygtninge:

      EU's tilgang til hjemsendelse af syrere – et vendepunkt i EU's migrationspolitik af Alberto-Horst Neidhardt, EPC

      - EU-landene må ikke tvinge syriske flygtninge til at vende tilbage til en ustabil situation af Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR