Presentations and Statements

  • Presentation by
    Mr Carlos Trias Pintó
    Organisation
    Rapporteur for EESC opinions on Sustainable Finance, delegate to the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI), representing the European Clusters Alliance
    • Proposals of organised civil society on Improving the framework for sustainable finance - Carlos Trias Pintó
  • Presentation by
    Mr Alexander Lehmann
    Organisation
    Non-resident fellow, Bruegel
    • Sustainable finance and the EU Capital Markets Union - Alexander Lehmann
  • It has been almost a year since the pandemic hit Europe hard...resulting in the worst economic recession since the Second World War. The EU has taken unprecedented steps in supporting its member states in the crisis, releasing billions of Euros to combat the effects of Covid-19. ...

    • Involvement of Organised Civil Society in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans – What works and what does not? - Appendix
  • Speaker
    President Christa Schweng
    Organisation
    European Economic and Social Committee
    • Speech at the Committee of the Regions' plenary session on the European Citizens' Initiative
  • Statement by
    Christa Schweng, Laurenţiu Plosceanu, Paul Soete, Cristian Pîrvulescu, Dimitris Dimitriadis
    Organisation
    Comité économique et social européen

    Nous exprimons notre profonde préoccupation face à la crise humanitaire que subissent actuellement en Bosnie-Herzégovine des milliers de migrants afghans, iraniens et pakistanais. Malheureusement, d’autres migrants subissent également le même traitement inhumain à d’autres frontières extérieures de l’Union et dans des pays comme la Libye et la Turquie, où ils se retrouvent bloqués sur leur trajet vers l’UE.

  • Statement by
    Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, on the occasion of their bilateral meeting

    During their meeting on 27 January 2021 EESC President Christa Schweng and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa stated that, at a time when everything was becoming a matter of urgency – vaccination, economic recovery, the climate and digital transitions, and the relaunch of the European Pillar of Social Rights – it was especially important to focus on quality delivery.

  • Speaker
    Javier González López
    Organisation
    Social Affairs Department, CEPYME (Spanish Confederation of SMEs)
    • COVID-19 - Emergency measures: what impact for employers?
  • Speaker
    Tina Weber
    Organisation
    Eurofound
    • How can the EU help address the challenges linked to teleworking? Is there a need to update existing frameworks?
  • Speaker
    Elizabeth Gosme
    Organisation
    COFACE Families Europe
    • Challenges of Teleworking : organization of working time, work life balance and the right to disconnect
  • Statement by
    Christa Schweng, EESC President, and Jack O'Connor, President of the EESC Brexit Follow-up Group

    Statement from Christa Schweng and Jack O'Connor – Congratulations to the European Union and United Kingdom negotiators for successfully concluding a most complex and difficult negotiation to deliver a Trade Agreement which is vitally important to the people of both the UK and all of Europe.