597th Plenary session — 18 - 19 June 2025

597th plenary session, with the following debates and guests: 

• New Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights, with Roxana Mînzatu, European Commission Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, Korinna Schumann, Austrian Federal Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (video message) and Katarzyna Nowakowska, Polish Deputy Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy; linked to the adoption of the opinion SOC/822 on the New action plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, at 15:00 on Wednesday, 18 June 2025.
• Democratic Future of Belarus and signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the EESC and the Belarusian democratic forces, with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian democratic forces, at 16:30 on Wednesday, 18 June 2025.
• Resolution on the European Economic and Social Committee’s contribution to the 2026 European Commission’s work programme, at 9:30 on Thursday, 19 June 2025.
• EESC resolution Supporting the Declaration of Principles for a Gender-Equal Society, with Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management (video message), Irena Moozová, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission Directorate-General for Justice and Belén Sanz Luque, Regional Director of UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (remotely), at 10:00 on Thursday, 19 June 2025.

You will be able to follow the debates by Web streaming