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    Your Europe, Your Say! 2026

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    Event type
    Plenary Session

    The agenda and all information regarding this plenary session will be available 8 days prior to the event. You will be able to follow the debates by web streaming. Web streaming

  • Public hearing in the framework of ECO/695

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    Europe is facing a pivotal moment. Social and economic inequalities, rapid technological change, anti-democratic forces, and geopolitical instability are straining the foundations of the European project.

  • The 14th edition of European Citizens’ Initiative Day – ECI Day 2026 – will take place as part of the EESC’s Civil Society Week, held from 2 to 5 March under the title People, Democracy, Resilience – Our Future!

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    Debate

    On 25 February 2026, the University of Sussex and the EESC will host an event and workshop on European leadership on fossil fuel phase out: Lessons learned and future directions. 

    It is taking place at a critical moment - following the outcomes of COP30, amid growing calls for concrete roadmaps to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, and ahead of the world’s first summit on a just transition away from fossil fuels in 2026 - the event will examine how EU leadership, experience, and policy tools can help accelerate action within Europe and beyond. 

  • The afternoon session of the Latin America Follow-up Committee meeting to be held on 24 February 2026 will be dedicated to the Gran Chaco. Organised in collaboration with the multi-actor platform Redes Chaco, the network implementing the EU-supported Impacto Verde initiative, this dialogue will spotlight the challenges and opportunities linking the American Gran Chaco to the EU-Latin America agenda.

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    Event type
    Plenary Session

    The agenda and all information regarding this plenary session will be available 8 days prior to the event. You will be able to follow the debates by web streaming. Web streaming

  • Cette audition publique visera à présenter et à débattre de la proposition de la Commission européenne relative à une Boussole culturelle pour l’Europe, un nouveau cadre stratégique destiné à placer la culture au cœur des politiques de l’UE. L’événement réunira des acteurs institutionnels clés, des organisations de la société civile, des partenaires sociaux et des experts afin de réfléchir aux priorités de la Boussole et de contribuer à l’élaboration de l’avis du CESE (SOC/853).

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