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  • EESC info March 2025

    San eagrán seo:

    • Cosaint na hEorpa: ní mór an caiteachas a dhéanamh ar shlí eagnaí agus éifeachtúil – Marcin Nowacki, comhalta de CESE
    • An Plean ReArm Europe – Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • Fócas ar ‘Leatsa an Eoraip, Abair Leat!’ (YEYS):

      - Ní féidir an óige a rannpháirtiú mar is ceart mura mbeidh i gceist ach cleachtadh ticbhosca – Bruno António

      - Daoine a spreagadh chun daoine a chumhachtú – Kristýna Bulvasová

      - Aos óg na Moldóive ag YEYS: glúin a thógáil ar féidir leis teorainneacha a shárú – agallamh le  Mădălina-Mihaela Antoci

  • EESC info February 2025

    San eagrán seo:

    • Dearcadh CESE i dtaobh thuarascálacha Draghi agus Letta, le Matteo Carlo Borsani, Giuseppe Guerini agus Stefano Palmieri
    • An iomarca den iomaíochas, le Karel Lannoo, CEPS
    • Tá teipthe ar an gcompás iomaíochais an dá thrá a fhreastal: riachtanais gnólachtaí agus cearta oibrithe, le Esther Lynch, Cónaidhm Eorpach na gCeardchumann
    • Future 500: gnó na hEorpa a chur ar an scála domhanda ionas gur maith a éireoidh leis, le Stjepan Orešković, Comhairle an Atlantaigh
    • Diúltú tugtha ag an gComhghuaillíocht Eorpach um Cheartas Corparáide don phacáiste Omnibus: níor cheart gurbh iad na leasanna corparáideacha a stiúrfadh beartais an Aontais, le Andriana Loredan, ECCJ