European Economic and Social Committee to elect new President and Vice-Presidents

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EESC plenary session, 21-23 October 2025, European Parliament

At its October plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will elect its new President and two Vice-Presidents for the 2025-2028 mandate. The new President will announce the work programme of his mandate during the inaugural ceremony, which will highlight topical issues with prominent speakers from EU institutions and Member States.

 

Wednesday 22 October 2025

11:15-12:30    Election of the EESC Bureau members and of the:

  • EESC President,
  • two EESC Vice-Presidents,
  • 6 Section Presidents,
  • President of the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change

European Parliament, Grand Hemicycle, Paul-Henri Spaak building, 3rd floor

12:30-13:15    Press conference with incoming EESC President Séamus Boland and Vice-Presidents Marija Hanževački and Alena Mastantuono

Interpretation from/into EN/FR

Anna Politkovskaja room, SPAAK 0A50, European Parliament, Paul-Henri Spaak building

 

Thursday 23 October 2025

9:00-9:30        Meeting of the Assemble chaired by the new elected EESC President

European Parliament, Grand Hemicycle

9:30-11:00      Adoption of Committee opinions

European Parliament, Grand Hemicycle

11:00-13:00   Inaugural ceremony

Statement by the President and the Vice-Presidents

Institutional speeches:

  • Antonio Costa - President of the European Council (video message)
  • Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European commission (video message) (tbc)
  • Younous Omarjee - Vice President of the European Parliament
  • Thomas Byrne - Irish Minister of State for European Affairs
  • Hadja Lahbib - European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management
  • Michael McGrath - European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection (video message)

European Parliament, Grand Hemicycle

For more information about the plenary session, click here.

To follow the webstreaming, please click here.

The EESC Press Unit will be happy to welcome journalists to the plenary session and to facilitate interviews with EESC members.

For security reasons, journalists are requested to confirm their participation by e-mail at press@eesc.europa.eu by Tuesday, 21 October 2025.

Entrance to the European Parliament building will take place through the security desk in Rue Wiertz.

 

For more information, please contact:

EESC Press Unit - press@eesc.europa.eu - @EESC_PRESS

Ewa Haczyk-Plumley
Head of the Press Unit
+32 2 546 86 41 · Mob: +32 470 881 674

Marco Pezzani
Press Officer
+32 2 546 97 93 · Mob. +32 470 881 903

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