The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions and information reports a year.
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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.
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.
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
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? - EESC resolution
Christa Schweng, Laurenţiu Plosceanu, Paul Soete, Cristian Pîrvulescu, Dimitris Dimitriadis
Organisation
Comité économique et social européen
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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 ChristaSchweng 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.
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.