On 16 July 2025, the EESC Employers' Group hosted a debate on the challenges faced by the Ukrainian private sector on the path to EU membership, with guests from the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the European Business Association, the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs, the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and the Federation of Employers of Ukraine.
Driven by the collaboration between the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Council (CDES), the EU-Brazil Civil Society Round Table held eight meetings between 2009 and 2014. Following the re-establishment of Brazil’s civil society advisory body in 2023 – now operating as the Sustainable Economic and Social Development Council of Brazil (CDESS) – and in accordance with the EESC-CDESSMemorandum of Understanding signed on 9 April 2024 in Brasília, as well as the Joint Statement issued by the President of the EESC and the Minister of Institutional Relations of Brazil on 10 April 2024, the EU-Brazil Civil Society Round Table has been officially reactivated.
The EESC is the first EU body to offer concrete recommendations on using digital tools to improve law-making – an area still plagued by complexity and opacity. With 18 000 pages of binding legislation added each year and annual administrative costs reaching €150 billion, AI could be a gamechanger in making EU laws more accessible to Europeans.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) delegation, led by President Oliver Röpke, is participating in the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York, bringing the voice of EU civil society to the global debate on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee – Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Counci
