The European Commission has opened a call for experts to join the new Water Resilience Stakeholder Platform, a key initiative under the EU Water Resilience Strategy. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), which will co-chair the platform, has been actively advocating for such a mechanism through its  EU Blue Deal initiative since 2023, calling for a more coordinated and inclusive European approach to water.

Geopolitical tensions, growing fragmentation and rising costs are reshaping international markets and business decisions. Supply chains are no longer optimised for the lowest price, but for reliability and resilience. While the World Trade Organisation (WTO) remains a cornerstone of the global trading system, many decisive developments are increasingly taking place outside its framework, endangering the international rules-based system and stability of our economies.