17/05/2019
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26/2019EESC debate on growing antisemitism
EESC members demonstrated their unanimity in the fight against growing antisemitism in Europe. Read more ..
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16/05/2019
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25/2019Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, declared at the May plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) that "the Commission has been pushing for digital taxation because we need a global solution; it's unacceptable that some companies pay taxes and others don't". Read more..
15/05/2019
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23/2019Young Europeans think that belonging to the EU benefits them directly and are keen to learn other languages, explore other cultures, and have friends of other EU nationalities. These are just the first results of a study on "Youngsters and the EU - Perceptions, Knowledge and Expectations", which the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and its Diversity Europe Group presented at a major event in Brussels on 15 May 2019.
17/04/2019
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22/2019The 7th edition of the Western Balkans Civil Society Forum, which took place in Tirana on 16 and 17 April, concluded with a call for the next Commission to maintain the Western Balkans enlargement policy as one of its priorities in the interest of both the region and of the EU.
03/04/2019
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21/2019The Commission has the moral obligation to react to ECIs
, said First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
29/03/2019
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20/2019The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is starting to take stock of progress made so far in implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights ("the Social Pillar"), a tool for social policy proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission at the Gothenburg Summit in November 2017.
27/03/2019
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19/2019The European Union must get closer to its citizens and become the global leader in sustainable development, argues the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in a bold opinion on the future of the EU, which was adopted at its plenary session in March.
22/03/2019
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18/2019Obavezan program o europskoj politici radi poboljšanja znanja građana prije nego što daju svoj glas prijedlog je koji je dobio najviše glasova na događanju za mlade „Tvoja Europa, tvoje mišljenje“ (YEYS) koje je Europski gospodarski i socijalni odbor (EGSO) organizirao 21. i 22. ožujka 2019. Ta inicijativa i još tri odabrana prijedloga, usmjerena na upotrebu novih tehnologija i društvenih medija radi povećanja sudjelovanja na europskim izborima, poslat će se Europskom parlamentu na razmatranje.
21/03/2019
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17/2019The future of Europe was high on the agenda of the EESC March plenary, which hosted a debate with Patrick Bernasconi, president of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council. Luca Jahier, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), reaffirmed that civil society had a vital role to play in the European project.
20/03/2019
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16/2019The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomed the promoters of the STOP EXTREMISM European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) at its 21 March plenary held in Brussels, providing them with a platform at EU level to present the goal of their initiative and their concerns about extremism.