Press releases

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    26/2000

    El 30 de septiembre finaliza el plazo para la presentación de candidaturas a este galardón, que premiará un proyecto de cada Estado miembro de la UE y del Reino Unido.

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    25/2020

    El 17 de septiembre, el Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) celebró una ceremonia de fin de mandato en el transcurso de su último pleno antes de su renovación en el mes de octubre. Luca Jahier, presidente del CESE desde abril de 2018, expresó su agradecimiento a todos los miembros y destacó la importancia que reviste la contribución de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil representadas en el CESE al proyecto europeo.

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    24/2020

    The Economic and Social Councils (ESCs) will be at the forefront of democratic participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe, without which any reform will be doomed to fail: this was the point made repeatedly by a number of leading French and European politicians in a videoconference between Paris and Brussels on 9 September.

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    23/2020

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) sounds the alarm and calls for an urgent European housing action plan, stressing that an EU strategy is essential to ensure universal access to decent, sustainable and affordable housing in the future.

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    22/2020

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted a Resolution on its contribution to the European Commission's 2021 work programme at its July plenary session. The document welcomes the proposals made by the European Commission to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and sees the next year as an opportunity to restructure and improve the EU’s economy and society.

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    21/2020

    We are awaiting the New Pact on Migration and Asylum with great hope but also concern, the EESC tells Commissioner Schinas.

    At its July plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted a debate with Commission Vice-President, Margaritis Schinas, who presented several upcoming initiatives falling under his portfolio of "Promoting our European Way of Life", including the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Skills Agenda, the EU for Health Programme and the new Security Union Strategy.

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    20/2020

    President Jahier criticised the EU Council's recent proposal to give national governments the power to veto a country's reform programmes under the package. In a debate with economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni at the EESC plenary, Mr Jahier said the whole Committee stood behind the European Commission.

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    19/2020

    In an exchange of views on the priorities of Germany's presidency with the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Peter Altmaier, the EESC said it applauds its highly ambitious goals and is ready to join forces 

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    18/2020

    El CESE galardonará hasta veintinueve iniciativas solidarias emprendidas en la UE y el Reino Unido para combatir la COVID-19 y amortiguar sus devastadoras acometidas

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    17/2020

    El Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) da muestra del compromiso adquirido in situ por sus miembros para hacer frente a la crisis del coronavirus con la apertura oficial de una sección especial en su sitio web.