The 25th anniversary of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, in force since 1994, was the main topic of the EEA Consultative Committee meeting that took place on 23 and 24 May. This committee, which represents employers, workers and other civil society players of EEA member states, insisted on the importance of completing the internal market and taking into account its social dimension.
Candidatos de los principales partidos a las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo (PE) participaron el pasado 10 de mayo en una mesa redonda organizada en Madrid por el Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) en la que se mostraron partidarios de acometer una reforma de las instituciones de la UE que permita, entre otras cosas, incrementar el papel de la sociedad civil organizada en la construcción europea.
EESC debate on growing antisemitism
EESC members demonstrated their unanimity in the fight against growing antisemitism in Europe. Read more ..
Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, declared at the May plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) that "the Commission has been pushing for digital taxation because we need a global solution; it's unacceptable that some companies pay taxes and others don't". Read more..
Los jóvenes europeos consideran que pertenecer a la UE les beneficia directamente y están deseosos de aprender otros idiomas,
The 7th edition of the Western Balkans Civil Society Forum, which took place in Tirana on 16 and 17 April, concluded with a call for the next Commission to maintain the Western Balkans enlargement policy as one of its priorities in the interest of both the region and of the EU.
The Commission has the moral obligation to react to ECIs
, said First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is starting to take stock of progress made so far in implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights ("the Social Pillar"), a tool for social policy proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission at the Gothenburg Summit in November 2017.
The European Union must get closer to its citizens and become the global leader in sustainable development, argues the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in a bold opinion on the future of the EU, which was adopted at its plenary session in March.
Una asignatura obligatoria sobre política europea para aumentar el conocimiento de los ciudadanos antes de acudir a las urnas: esa fue la propuesta más votada en la edición de 2019 de «¡Tu Europa, tu voz!», el acto juvenil organizado por el Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) los días 21 y 22 de marzo de 2019. Esta iniciativa y otras tres propuestas seleccionadas, centradas en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías y las redes sociales para aumentar la participación en las elecciones europeas, se enviarán al Parlamento Europeo para que las tome en consideración.
