At its plenary session on 18 February, the EESC held a debate on 'Moving Europe in times of crisis: military mobility, transport resilience and their social dimension'. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.

At its plenary session on 19 March, the EESC held a debate on the emotional health of young people and children in the EU. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.

By Joan BORRELL, Deputy Secretary General for Stability and Resilience of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

By Ketrin KASTEHEIN, Chairperson of Rural Youth Europe

We spoke with Anastasis Yiapanis, the rapporteur for the EESC opinion NAT/973, representing the Panagrotikos Farmers’ Union of Cyprus in the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group

By Arnaud SCHWARTZ, EESC rapporteur for an opinion on the Bioeconomy Strategy and member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing France Nature Environnement (FNE)

The EESC March plenary saw the adoption of an exploratory opinion on housing at the request of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU which calls for more ambitious initiatives from the European institutions while recognising that the competence must remain national, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.