By Agustín REYNA, Director General of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)

By Joe HEALY, EESC rapporteur on the common agricultural policy post-2027, member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, and representative of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA)

At its plenary session on 3 December, the EESC held a debate on 'Cooperatives building a better world: the contribution of the EESC to the International Year of Cooperatives', with several guest speakers. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.

At its plenary session on 4 December, the EESC held a debate on 'Thirty COPs later and a decade after the Paris Agreement: assessing global climate action and opportunities for civil society', with Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, Ivone Kaizeler, Deputy Head of Multilateral Affairs Unit within the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) of the EU Commission, and Samira Ben Ali, EESC Youth Delegate to COP. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.

At its plenary session on 3 December, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a debate on the next multiannual financial framework, with Piotr Serafin, European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Carla Tavares, Member of the European Parliament, and Professor Enrico Giovannini, former Italian Minister, currently Scientific Director of ASviS. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.

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By Anastasis YIAPANIS, Member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Panagrotikos Farmers' Union of Cyprus, and

Panagiotis CHAMPAS, Member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Union of Cypriot Farmers (EKA)