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It represents employers, workers and civil society organisations. The expertise of its 329 members helps optimise the quality of EU policies and legislation.

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  • 599th Plenary session — 17 - 18 September 2025

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    599th plenary session of the EESC, with the following ceremony and debates: End-of-mandate ceremony, at 14:30 on Wednesday 17 September 2025 – Affordable Housing, at 16:30 on Thursday 18 September 2025; The state of play of the new Pact for the Mediterranean, at 10:00 on Thursday 18 September 2025; Water Resilience Strategy, at 15:00 on Thursday 18 September 2025; European Preparedness Union Strategy, on Thursday 18 September  (time tbc).

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  • Building the workforce of tomorrow: inclusive participation and quality jobs for a competitive Europe

  • Annual Conference on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law

  • European Migration Forum – 10th meeting

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  • EESC Info September 2025

    In this issue:

    • To be a 'first' ─ as a woman in politics, by German author Heike Specht
    • Europe's start-ups and scale-ups, by EESC member Mira-Maria Danisman
    • Focus on inclusion:
      • Be the person you are – Danish TV host Diana Magling
      • One ball, a thousand dreams – The Homeless World Cup Foundation
      • 200 years of Braille – European Blind Union
      • It's a tough time for empathy but we are not giving up ─ Romanian non-profit Ateliere Fără Frontiere
  • EESC Info July 2025

    In this issue:

    • The EESC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Belarusian democratic forces
    • Releasing political prisoners in Belarus is not a concession but a lifeline, by Hanna Liubakova, Belarusian journalist in exile
    • Democratic Europe at a crossroads: between resilience, hybrid warfare and algorithmic radicalisation, by the EESC’s Cristian Pîrvulescu
    • Towards the eradication of poverty, by EESC member Krzysztof Balon