Press releases

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    42/2020

    The European Commission's forthcoming initiatives to regulate digital services and markets will ensure that providers take responsibility for the services they offer and that digital giants do not impose their own rules on Europe's markets, said Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager at the EESC plenary.

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    41/2020

    I ask you to transform the landscape for the disabled people with them, not for them. I am so grateful that you are facilitating this conversation and instigating this debate. But this cannot just be a moment. It is a movement that I invite you to join, Ms Burke tells the EESC on the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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    40/2020

    Az EGSZB elfogadhatatlannak és az EU alapvető értékeivel ellentétesnek tartja, hogy az Európában még mindig fennálló jogi és technikai akadályok miatt egyetlen uniós ország sem tudja garantálni, hogy a választások mindenki számára teljes mértékben hozzáférhetőek legyenek.

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    39/2020

    The RRF is still under negotiation, but according to the EU institutions the involvement of civil society will be fundamental both in the design and implementation phases of the national recovery and resilience plans.

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    38/2020

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) releases the full programme of its new president, Christa Schweng, for her 2020-2023 term of office

    The president of the EESC, Christa Schweng, has announced the priorities for the next two and a half years, offering a bold vision for a stronger and more resilient post COVID-19 Europe in a programme that envisages a powerful contribution from the EESC to Europe's recovery and participatory democracy.

  • Reference number
    37/2020

    Social dialogue is a pillar of the European social model that can be used to swiftly respond to crises and deal with their consequences. Yet in many countries it is still fragmented and takes place only occasionally

     

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    36/2020

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) closed its October plenary session, the first of its new term of office, with an online debate on the "Recovery for the future of Europe" with contributions from the presidents of all main EU institutions, who reflected on the role that civil society can play to face the challenges Europe and the whole world are facing.

  • Reference number
    35/2020

    Cillian Lohan (Ireland), member of the Diversity Europe' Group, will be one of the two vice-presidents of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for a two-and-a-half year term from October 2020 to March 2023. He will be in charge of communication. 

  • Reference number
    34/2020

    The new head of the EESC is a convinced European with EU experience spanning two decades and considerable expertise in social matters, who firmly believes that the EU's civil society has the power to contribute to Europe's post-COVID-19 recovery and future resilience.

  • Reference number
    33/2020

    Együtt Európa jövőjéért: az új elnök elkötelezett amellett, hogy újjáépítse az EGSZB egységét és hírnevét, és megmutassa a szakpolitikák kialakításának uniós szintű befolyásolása terén érvényesülő hozzáadott értékét.