Οκτώβριος 2018
- Editorial by Conny Reuter on the future MFF
- VP/HR Federica Mogherini at the EESC
- Registrations of new European Citizens' Initiatives
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Σεπτέμβριος 2018
Your voice counts on the Road to Sibiu
Less than nine months before the European elections, national and regional political events are being increasingly scrutinised to get the pulse of the European demos.
Ιούλιος 2018
Death toll
“Open societies need open borders” was for a long time our driving conviction as civil society and human rights activists. The death toll from last weekend alone stands at about 175, all of whom died in the Mediterranean Sea attempting to reach Europe while placing their lives in the hands of human traffickers. We have known this for a decade and yet the debate continues as to whether humanitarian corridors can be set up or whether we should accommodate regular migration within a legal framework...
Ιούνιος 2018
Dear Friends,
You know how much I feel honoured to become, as the new President of the EESC, also the new co-chair of the Liaison Group, this unique body that works relentlessly to strengthen the structured cooperation between European civil society organisations and EU institutions within the EESC.
Over the years, I have always been a big defender of the role of civil society as I believe they are at the heart of any democratic system, they are the agents of change in our societies.
Απρίλιος 2018
Dear friends,
Two weeks ago I had the honour of opening – once again and sadly for the last time, since my mandate as president of the EESC and thus as co-chair of the Liaison Group expires this month – the ECI Day on our premises. This year's theme, Working Together, was aimed at highlighting the value of cooperation and shared responsibility in promoting active citizenship. Working together means concertation, dialogue and joint action.
Μάρτιος 2018
Future of Democracy
Last week, the EESC president organised an important conference in Athens on the most urgent of issues: the future of democracy. This topic needs to be urgently dealt with. We are seeing civic space shrink, and attacks on freedom of association and organisation.
Φεβρουάριος 2018
Dear friends,
Last year, the presentation of president Juncker's White Paper on the future of Europe launched a major political debate on what kind of Europe we want to have, what we expect from Europe and how we see cooperation between Member States. Civil society has actively participated in these dialogues demanding a more social Europe that meets the needs of citizens in terms of decent employment, solidarity and growth.
Ιανουάριος 2018
Progressing democracy or progress in democracy?
In an era of real and fake news and so-called social networks, digital transformation and the digital revolution are infiltrating nearly every part of our lives.This affects far more than just the future of employment and industrial relations; it will determine the way that society as a whole operates. We are well aware that there is no way of stopping these developments.
Δεκέμβριος 2017
Dear friends, I am very pleased that the heads of state and government at the recent Social Summit in Gothenburg adopted the European Pillar of Social Rights, which aims to give citizens new and more effective rights. There are three main elements to the Pillar:
• equal opportunities and access to the labour market,
• fair working conditions,
• and social protection and inclusion.
Adoption is ...
Οκτώβριος 2017
Reloading or revisiting
When at the beginning of the year the EPP MEP Markus Pieper launched the first initiative to question the transparency of NGOs in the EP's Budgetary Control Committee, the first reaction was the usual justification of our "raison d’être" and rejection of the suspicious undertone. For so many years many of us have tirelessly defended the idea that civil society has a crucial role to play in the European project and serves as a bridge builder between the European institutions and the citizens they organise.