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    603rd Plenary session with the following debates and guests: The lasting scars of Russia’s war against Ukraine: its devastating toll on childhood and youth, with Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine (video message); Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (tbc), Maryna Domushkina, Munir Mammadzade, Danielle Bell, Rachel Watkins, Mariia Sulianina and Kateryna Rashevska,  at 15:00 on Wednesday 18 February 2026; From ambition to action: an EU Affordable Housing Plan delivering for the people, at 10:00 on Thursday 19 February 2026; The potential of sodium batteries for the EU, at 12:00 on Thursday 19 February 2026. Web streaming.

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  • EESC Info February 2026

    In this issue:

    • Justice as a human right, by Oleksandra Matviichuk
    • Ukraine’s stolen children, by Alina Dmytrenko
    • Ukraine’s EU path, by Nadija Afanasieva
    • Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, by Nataliia Fiebrig

    Also:

    • The most beautiful (and cruellest) winter, by Tetyana Ogarkova
    • The EESC’s recommendations on the 2026 European Semester, by Luca Jahier
  • EESC Info January 2026

    In this issue

    • Apply AI strategy, by Rudolf Kolbe
    • Tackling TikTokcracy, by the Balkan Free Media Initiative (BFMI)
    • TikTok: With scale comes responsibility
    • Who you gonna call? Fact-checkers, by EDMO

    Also:

    • The 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates and finalists
    • EESC backs My Voice, My Choice initiative, by José Antonio Moreno Diaz