On 16 April 2025, the EESC will hold an online event on the role that regenerative agriculture can play in revitalising rural areas, improving soil health, and enhancing carbon sequestration to ensure long-term productivity and food security.
believes that trade policy must be closely coordinated with industrial policy and European economic security policy. This requires a common European foreign policy and security strategy;
believes that, in view of the current evolving circumstances, strong leadership is required and use of existing trade-defence tools if tariffs are imposed illegally, including retaliatory tariffs, economic diplomacy action, and WTO challenges;
proposes the establishment of an EU Investment Fund for Economic Resilience and Sustainable Competitiveness to boost financial capacity, alongside strengthening the European Investment Bank and completing the Banking and Capital Markets Unions;
stresses the importance of civil society's participation in trade negotiations through structured consultations to address critical concerns before agreements are finalized.
believes that trade policy must be closely coordinated with industrial policy and European economic security policy. This requires a common European foreign policy and security strategy;
believes that, in view of the current evolving circumstances, strong leadership is required and use of existing trade-defence tools if tariffs are imposed illegally, including retaliatory tariffs, economic diplomacy action, and WTO challenges;
proposes the establishment of an EU Investment Fund for Economic Resilience and Sustainable Competitiveness to boost financial capacity, alongside strengthening the European Investment Bank and completing the Banking and Capital Markets Unions;
stresses the importance of civil society's participation in trade negotiations through structured consultations to address critical concerns before agreements are finalized.
how do we ensure their sustainable access to the labour market?
Location
EESC, room VMA 23 - Rue van Maerlant 2
Brussels
Belgium
This event, organised by the EESC's Permanent Group on Immigration and Integration, aims to explore policies, strategies and best practices for enhancing labour market integration of vulnerable migrants. By including perspectives from institutional stakeholders, think thanks, social partners and civil society organisations we will examine how to ensure that vulnerable groups of migrants can contribute meaningfully to the workforce while securing their dignified livelihoods.
