European Economic and Social Committee

Staffan Nilsson doesn't mind his organisation being criticised by MEPs; in fact he positively welcomes it. Mr Nilsson is the president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), an advisory body that represents workers and employers as well as other interest groups. "[Criticism] actually gives us a good motivation to work better and also to explain better why the EU needs a non-political body composed of civil society leaders from member states, who are not politicians," he told us.

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