Commissioner Mimica in the EESC to speak about consumer policy

On 26 March 2014, Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, received Neven Mimica, Member of the European Commission in charge of consumer policy. Mr Malosse expressed his commitment to bringing the civil societies of the EU and Croatia, the EU's newest member state, closer together.

The meeting with EESC Members Carlos Trias Pintó and Thierry Libaert focused on the EESC's recent initiatives on sustainable and collaborative consumption. Praising the EESC for its "out of the box" thinking, the Commissioner stated that he is focusing on developing the economic role of consumers and expressed his wish to cooperate on those initiatives.