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The European Union was created "to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples". A union of European states is a precondition for achieving these objectives. So, despite the Union's many major successes, it cannot be regarded as a permanent achievement but must be consistently and continuously safeguarded and developed.

Over a million migrants and asylum-seekers have arrived in the 28 EU Members States in 2015, many of which are Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. What are the policies and measures implemented at European level to integrate them into the labour market? What is working and where are the gaps? Those were the questions tackled at the EESC Labour Market Observatory's debate entitled "Integrating refugees into the labour market: turning the crisis into an opportunity".

Elevii români au un cuvânt de spus cu privire la migrația în Europa

Pregătirile pentru dezbaterea tinerilor europeni încep, la 26 februarie, cu vizita CESE la școala anume selectată din Iași

The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan is necessary for speeding up the transformation of Europe's energy system, insists the EESC in its opinion on the SET Plan, adopted during the February plenary session. The EESC believes that the new energy policy should be based on developing key sectors for research and innovation and on encouraging new ideas and concepts such as renewable power generation technologies and other low-carbon technologies. The EU has to innovate in terms of how energy is produced and transported, how it is delivered and serviced to customers.