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  • The president of the European Economic and Social Committee, Georges Dassis, met today 28th of June, with a delegation of the Hellenic Confederation of Craftsmen and Merchants (GSEVEE) headed by their president Mr Kavvathas. During their meeting in Brussels, they had the opportunity to exchange views on the current economic and social situation of Greece.

  • On 28 June, the President of the European Economic and Social Committee met in Brussels with Dominique de Crayencour, Director of Institutional Affairs and Head of the Brussels office of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Jorge Ramirez Puerto, General Manager of the European Microfinance Network.

  • It is with my deepest personal regret that we woke this morning to the news that the United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union. Democracy has spoken, but the consequences will be of the scale of a nuclear explosion, rippling through the national, European and global arenas.

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    The British people have decided to leave the European Union. The EESC Workers' Group deeply regrets this decision but respects the democratic vote.
     

     

  • The 2016 annual congress of the European Builders Confederation (EBC) was hosted at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 24 June. This year's congress focused on how to make sure small and medium-sized enterprises can tap into the potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM). It also presented recent developments and various projects linked to this innovative process including, training needs.

  • "The European project, which was born after the Second World War to reconcile people and transform the historical rivalries between the countries of Europe in an ever closer union, is now being challenged. Never before has the European idea been so threatened. The integration process has never seemed so reversible. Europe has never seemed so distant from the concerns of its citizens."

  • It is with my deepest personal regret that we woke this morning to the news that the United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union. Democracy has spoken, but the consequences will be of the scale of a nuclear explosion, rippling through the national, European and global arenas.

  • The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organized a seminar in Brussels this week entitled: "Do we need an Energy chapter in the TTIP?" as one of the initiatives integrated in the monitoring work of the Transatlantic Relations Follow-Up Committee, chaired by its President, Mr. Jacek Krawczyk, also President of the EESC Employers' Group.

    The main objective of the seminar was to assess together with other civil society stakeholders the need to include in the negotiations a chapter on energy and raw materials, subject which is still not prominently discussed in the talks for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) after already three year of negotiations.

  • On 23 June the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Georges Dassis held a meeting with António Vitorino, President of the Jacques Delors Institute, Notre Europe, and former Commissioner for Justice and Internal Affairs.

  • On 21 June, the president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) met Jean-Claude Juncker at the Greek Economic and Social Council (OKE), in the course of the European Commission president's visit to Athens. The Commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and OKE president George Vernicos were also present. Speaking at thThe OKE extraordinary plenary session gave the two presidents an opportunity to state their positions on the major challenges facing Europe, and Greece in particular, with a special focus on the reforms in Greece and on development of the welfare state and social dialogue.