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 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.

By Maurizio MENSI, member of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Italian Confederation of Academic Professionals (CIU)

Revised Minutes of the 238th TEN Section meeting on 9.3.26

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