European Economic
and Social Committee
4th Meeting of the EU-Brazil Round Table
EESC president Staffan Nilsson together with an EESC delegation of 12 members attended on the 26 April the plenary meeting of the Brazilian Council for Economic and Social Development (CESD), held in the presence of the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff. In her address, she welcomed and encouraged the cooperation between the Brazilian Council and the EESC, and stressed the key role of civil society in times of economic recovery and reforms.