Civil Society Organisations' Bulletin - September 2025

By Séamus BOLAND, President, EESC Civil Society Organisations' Group

By Rudolf KOLBE, Vice-President of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Austrian Federal Conference of the Liberal Professions

By Kerli ATS, Member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce

By Juliane Marie NEIIENDAM, Member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Danish Women's Council

By Thierry LIBAERT, Member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Fondation pour la Nature et Homme (France)

Briefing prepared by the Civil Society Organisations' Group secretariat, with the input of Luca JAHIER, EESC rapporteur on the MMF 2028-2034, President of the EESC's European Semester Group, and Member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group

By Peter MEEDENDORP, President of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)

By Augusto GONZALEZ, President, Young European Leadership (YEL)

As the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group prepares for the 2025-2030 term of office, it bids farewell to 42 esteemed Members whose dedication and expertise have profoundly shaped its work – in many cases, over several terms. 

Read a few testimonies of some of our Members who have stood out  for their exceptional length of their service: Bernardo HERNÁNDEZ BATALLER, who has been an EESC member for 31 years, and Lutz RIBBE and Miguel Ángel CABRA DE LUNA, who have both been members for 27 years.

By Baiba MILTOVIČA, President of the EESC section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN), representing the Latvian National Association for Consumer Protection 

By Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS, President of the EESC Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), representing the Greek National Confederation of Disabled People 

We spoke with the rapporteur for the EESC opinion SOC/840 'EU strategy to support, protect and empower civil society', representative of the Italian Center for Autonomy.

At its plenary session on 16 July, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a debate on the priorities of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with Marie Bjerre, Danish Minister for European Affairs. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.

At its plenary session on 16 July, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a debate on youth with Glenn Micallef, European commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised the Enlargement High-Level Forum, with representatives of the European candidate countries, on 17 July. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.