European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
Puede que la UE siga gozando de la condición de lugar más seguro del mundo para los periodistas, pero esto podría cambiar fácilmente, ya que la tendencia actual de intimidación, acoso e incluso asesinato de reporteros parece ir en aumento.
Nuestro invitado es el periodista de investigación Matthew Caruana Galizia, cuya madre, Daphne Caruana Galizia, fue brutalmente asesinada en 2017 por intentar denunciar la corrupción en Malta.
Julie Majerczak, jefa de la Oficina de Reporteros sin Fronteras en Bruselas, nos cuenta que los asesinatos de periodistas —desde 2015 dieciséis periodistas han sido asesinados en la UE— constituyen solo la punta del iceberg. Los periodistas son cada vez más frecuentemente víctimas de diversas formas de presiones, injurias y censura. Preguntamos a Christian Moos, miembro del CESE, por qué la defensa de la libertad de prensa es tan importante para la UE.
¿Debería hacer algo la UE y habría que aplicar sanciones presupuestarias a los gobiernos que reprimen las voces críticas y la libertad de prensa? Nuestros invitados hablan de todo esto en nuestro último episodio titulado «Sin libertad de prensa no hay democracia».