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19 May 2003
MAY PLENARY SESSION THE ENLARGEMENT OF EUROPE MUST ALSO RESULT IN A WELCOMING OF THE FUTURE MEMBER STATES' CIVIL SOCIETIES
52 Observers from the ten future Member States (Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia) attended for the first time the EESC's plenary session thus formalising, in a concrete manner, the contacts that have been forged for several years with the representatives of civil society in each of these countries.
As described from the outset by Roger Briesch, President of the EESC, the need for a debate with the future Member States is important in order to know if it means "entry into a large market or into Europe". -
15 May 2003
EESC/EUROPEAN CONVENTION 8TH INFORMATION AND DIALOGUE MEETING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND NETWORKS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 21 MAY With three members of the European Convention in attendance, the 8th information and dialogue meeting with civil society organisations and networks will be taking place on Wednesday 21st May at 9:30 am at the headquarters of the EESC (2, avenue Ravenstein, 1000, Brussels). -
14 May 2003
EESC PARTICIPATES IN THE MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PARTNERS AND OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS, ALONG WITH THE ACP AND EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Mr Sukhdev Sharma, EESC Member and President of the EU-ACP follow-up Committee, will be speaking on the fringes of the forthcoming EU-ACP Council of Ministers meeting that is due to take place on 16th May at 9:30 am at the Justus Lipsius building, 175 rue de la Loi, 1048, Brussels. -
14 May 2003
5th REGIONAL SEMINAR OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CIRCLES, YAOUNDE, CAMEROON The EESC will be organising on the 21, 22 and 23 of May, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the Fifth Regional Seminar of Economic and Social Organisations. The Cotonou Agreement, signed on 23 June 2000, renews the relationship between the European Union and the 77 signature countries for the next twenty years. According to Protocol N° 1 of the Agreement, Ministers have entrusted the EESC with, "the organisation of consultation sessions and meetings of EU-ACP social and economic circles". -
13 May 2003
DECLARATION BY THE EESC PRESIDENT ROGER BRIESCH FOLLOWING THE REFERENDUM RESULT IN LITHUANIA ON JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION The European Economic and Social Committee's President, Mr Roger Briesch, is delighted with the decision of the people of Lithuania, who, via a referendum, have decided to bring their country into the European Union in 2004. -
12 May 2003
MAY PLENARY SESSION * EESC PREPARES FOR ENLARGEMENT WITH "TEST SESSION" INVOLVING OBSERVERS FROM THE ACCEDING COUNTRIES
* CONCERN OVER SOME ASPECTS OF COMMISSION'S AGRICULTURAL REFORM PROPOSALS
* RIGHT TO EU CITIZENSHIP MUST GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF NATIONALITY AND EMBRACE CONCEPT OF STABLE RESIDENCE -
7 May 2003
CIVIL SOCIETY PROVIDES A CONTRIBUTION TO THE EU/MERCOSUR ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS The growing importance of the EU's relationship with Mercosur as a strategic partner and the increasing role of organised civil society within that relationship were just two important considerations to come out of the EESC/Foro Consultivo Económico-Social meeting that took place at the EESC's headquarters in Brussels on 5-6 May. Mr Roger Briesch, EESC President, took full opportunity at the meeting to highlight the importance of the EU/Mercosur relationship as a model for other areas of Latin America. -
2 May 2003
EESC/FORO CONSULTIVO ECONÓMICO-SOCIAL MEETING, 5-6 MAY Emilio Gimenez Franco, Paraguayan Ambassador, Mr Dupla del Moral, from the Commission's EU/MERCOSUR negotiating team and Mr Pedro Marset Vice-President of the European Parliament's Delegation for South America and Mercosur are just three of the representatives that are due to meet with EESC President Roger Briesch for the EESC/ Foro Consultivo Económico-Social meeting that is due to take place at the EESC's headquarters in Brussels on 5-6 May. -
14 Apr 2003
DECLARATION BY EESC PRESIDENT MR ROGER BRIESCH CONCERNING THE REFERENDUM IN HUNGARY On behalf of the European Economic and Social Committee, I am delighted with the result of the referendum concerning the entry of Hungary into the European Union that took place on 12 April. The Hungarian people's vote in favour of EU membership indicates its strong sense of belonging to Europe. -
2 Apr 2003
EESC/EUROPEAN CONVENTION: THE SEVENTH INFORMATION AND DIALOGUE MEETING WITH EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND NETWORKS The 7th information and dialogue meeting between the European Convention and European civil society organisations and networks took place on 1 April at the initiative of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). M. Jan Olsson, EESC member and deputy observer to the European Convention chaired the meeting.
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