The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is the biggest and most ambitious free trade agreement currently being negotiated by the European Union. Economists believe that an agreement with the USA will be advantageous for both the European Union and the USA, and the negative effects of trade liberalisation will be insignificant. This publication is a summary of the debate on "What development opportunities does the TTIP bring to Europe?" that was held in Sopot on 2 October 2014 as part of the European Forum for New Ideas.
Rusland
Opfølgningsudvalget EU/Rusland er EØSU's interne organ med ansvar for forbindelserne med det russiske civilsamfund.
Siden myndighederne i Den Russiske Føderation indledte krigen mod Ukraine den 24. februar 2022, er det frie civilsamfund i Rusland blevet gjort tavst af særlove og stigende undertrykkelse, og mange kritikere af regimet er blevet tvunget i eksil.
Under de aktuelle vanskelige omstændigheder har EØSU besluttet at holde døren åben for dialog med den del af det russiske civilsamfund, der er imod krigen, og som befinder sig på EU's territorium.
Det har ført til udbytterige udvekslinger af information om og holdninger til, hvordan de bilaterale forbindelser bør fortsætte, når krigen er slut, og landet igen vender tilbage til frihed og demokrati.
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The Observatory is carrying out a study on the implementation of EU policies for youth employment in a selection of six Member States: Austria, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Italy and Slovakia, seen from a civil society perspective.
The 2014 edition of the Your Europe, Your Say event by the European Economic and Social Committee brought groups of 16 and 17 year-olds from all 28 Member States to Brussels. Their main objective was to set five priorities for what Europe should do to become a better place and be more relevant to its citizens.
Members' conclusions after the conference held in Vilnius on 25 October
Conclusions of the debate which took place during the Extraordinary Meeting of the Employers’ Group Bureau in Vienna on 22nd October 2013.
The main messages of the 6 EESC opinions on Eastern Partnership.
Conclusions of the EESC Coordination Group for the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012.
The five ideas are a distillation of the dreams and aspirations encountered across Europe. Concrete proposals on democracy, employment, rights, education, and the European public sphere.