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  • EESC info March 2025

    In this issue:

    • European defence: it's about spending wisely and efficiently by EESC member Marcin Nowacki
    • The ReArm Europe plan by Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • Focus on YEYS:

      - Engaging youth should go beyond just ticking a box by Bruno António

      - Encourage to empower by Kristýna Bulvasová

      - Moldova's youth at YEYS:  Building a generation that sees beyond limitations – interview with Mădălina-Mihaela Antoci

  • EESC info February 2025

    In this issue:

    • The EESC’s take on the Draghi and Letta reports, by Matteo Carlo Borsani, Giuseppe Guerini and Stefano Palmieri
    • The competitiveness obsession, by Karel Lannoo, CEPS
    • The Competitiveness Compass fails to balance the needs of businesses with the rights of workers, by Esther Lynch, ETUC
    • Future 500: scaling European businesses for global success, by Stjepan Orešković, Atlantic Council
    • ECCJ says no to Omnibus: corporate interests should not drive EU policy, by Andriana Loredan, ECCJ