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Henri Malosse, President of the EESC, welcomed François Hollande, President of France, during the Donor's conference for the development of Mali. Youth employment and the EESC's concrete proposals were at the heart of the discussions and sharing of findings between the two Presidents.
President Malosse said he was very satisfied with the meeting: "President Hollande seemed to share our observation that we need to be convincing on our capacity to find answers to our citizens' expectations."
This was the first meeting of the two Presidents. The EESC President also welcomed the European Council's President, Herman Van Rompuy and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.
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10 Aug 2011
Finland will update its National Europe 2020 strategy President Staffan Nilsson is visiting Finland in order to discuss the implementation of Europe 2020 strategy especially from the view of civil society. Mr Nilsson had a meeting with the Finnish Economic Council’s civil society members as well with the state representatives on Wednesday 10 August. In the meeting it was announced that Finland will update its National Reform programme in October because the change of Finland’s Government after the elections last Spring. This process gives, naturally a possibility to estimate whether the current goals are still relevant in the present economic situation.
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23 Jul 2011
Condolences from EESC President Staffan Nilsson to the people of Norway The outrage in Norway has shocked me to the core. It is inconceivable that anyone could set out deliberately to kill – and, in this act of madness, to target children in particular. I can but express our deepest sympathy to Norway, to all those affected and to their families and friends.
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20 Jul 2011
Warsaw conference on future EU transport policy: better financing of transport in the EU means better integration of the continent Jacek Krawczyk, vice-president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), said at a conference devoted to future EU transport policy, held today in Warsaw, that the Union funds earmarked for trans-European transport networks (TEN-T) are not doing enough to finance the development of transport infrastructure in the "new" EU countries.
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13 Jul 2011
Krawczyk meets Polish Agriculture Minister for discussion on the future of CAP The Polish Minister for Agriculture, Marek Sawicki, was received at the EESC by Jacek Krawczyk, EESC Vice-President, and Mario Campli, President of the EESC Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment. They had a lively exchange about the upcoming negotiations on the future or the CAP, which will begin in earnest this autumn under the Polish Presidency.
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8 Jul 2011
Krawczyk discusses education and economy in Corsica "On 8 July 2011 the President of the EESC Employers' Group, Henri Malosse, hosted a thematic meeting on "Education and the new needs of the European economy" organised in collaboration with the Ajaccio Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) at the Palace of Congress in Ajaccio, Corsica. "...
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8 Jul 2011
The Polish Presidency at the EESC The Polish Presidency of the EU was kicked off on 1st July, and the EESC has already launched numerous invitations, events and documents linked to this Presidency. The July Plenary Session of the Committee received the Polish Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar PAWLAK on 13th July, and the same day, the Polish Minister of Agriculture, Marek SAWICKI, took part, by the side of the Commissioner Cioloş, to the EESC conference on the future of European agriculture. ...
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8 Jul 2011
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On 8 July Anna Maria Darmanin participated as a keynote speaker in the conference The EU as a Global Actor: The Roles & Responsibilities of the EU in an Interdependent World organised by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) in Berlin. She spoke about the European public sphere, is Europeanization taking place?
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Opening of Literature Lunch with Antoine Cassar at the EESC On 7 July Anna Maria Darmanin opened the literature lunch with Maltese poet Antoine Cassar at the terrace of the EESC.
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6 Jul 2011
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On 6 July Anna Maria Darmanin participated in the CEPS event jointly organized with the EESC and the CoR: Integration as a Two-Way Process in the EU? - Enhancing EU support to a process of mutual accommodation between Migrants and the Receiving Society with the EIF
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