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    585th plenary session with the following guests: Maroš Šefčovič, EC Executive VP for European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight; Dubravka Šuica, VP of EC and Commissioner for Democracy and Demography and Tatiana Molcean, Under-Secretary General of the UN, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania and Milojko Spajić, Prime Minister of Montenegro.

     

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  • EESC info March 2024
    • Tjedan civilnog društva: Europsko civilno društvo određuje program rada novih čelnika i čelnica EU-a
    • Irska Zaklada za treću dob osvojila Nagradu EGSO-a za civilno društvo posvećenu mentalnom zdravlju
    • Christian Moos: Paket mjera za obranu demokracije: Komisija bi trebala povući direktivu
    • Bruno Kaufmann: Zašto je europska građanska inicijativa puno važnija nego što mislimo
  • EESC info February2024

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    • Tjedan civilnog društva (#CivSocWeek) održat će se od 4. do 7. ožujka
    • Emilie Prouzet: Dugoročna konkurentnost, utvrđivanje čimbenika i dionika radi određivanja daljnjih koraka
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