European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
Månedens gæst er Ana Gomes, portugisisk diplomat og politiker og medlem af det portugisiske socialistparti. Hun skriver om faren for populisme, fremkomsten af højreekstremistiske partier og behovet for at bekæmpe dette og forsvare vores værdier.
Som karrierediplomat har hun siden 1980 haft adskillige stillinger, herunder hos FN i Genève og New York. I 1999 var hun chef for afdelingen for portugisiske interesser og derefter indtil 2003 ambassadør i Djakarta, hvor hun spillede en rolle i den proces, der førte til Østtimors uafhængighed og genoprettelsen af de diplomatiske forbindelser mellem Portugal og Indonesien.
Som medlem af Europa-Parlamentet fra 2004 til 2019 var Ana Gomes særligt aktiv inden for eksterne forbindelser, menneskerettigheder, sikkerhed og forsvar, international udvikling, ligestilling mellem kønnene og bekæmpelse af skatteunddragelse, hvidvask af penge og finansiering af terrorisme.
I 2021 stillede hun på vegne af socialisterne op til præsidentvalget mod den afgående præsident Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. Det lykkedes hende at komme på andenpladsen foran kandidaten fra det højreekstremistiske parti Chega.
Nu om dage fortsætter hun sit politiske virke som forkæmper for menneskerettigheder, integritet og gennemsigtighed i det offentlige liv, og mod korruption og organiseret kriminalitet. Hun er kommentator i et ugentligt program på den portugisiske tv-kanal SIC Notícias (Hvad mener Ana Gomes?)