The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
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The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
The weight of strengthening cohesion to depolarise societies falls on the shoulders of civil society organisations, who have the strength and the motivation to protect civic and democratic spaces. This was the key message from Civil Society Week, hosted for a second year by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to discuss the alarming trend of widespread polarisation across EU societies.
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On 15 and 16 May 2025, the EESC Employers' Group will hold an Extraordinary Group meeting in Warsaw (Poland) with a focus on EU strategic autonomy and competitiveness.
We would all like to see the position of farmers in the supply chain being strengthened. To this end, bolstering the authorities’ enforcement capacities when it comes to unfair trading practices is a first step. Without real enforcement, it’s pointless introducing more and more rules.