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.

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 

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 Augusto GONZALEZ, President, Young European Leadership (YEL)

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By Arnaud SCHWARTZ, Member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing a French environmental organisation

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

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.