Press releases

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    8/2021

    23 projects from the EU and the UK have received the award for their outstanding contribution to fighting COVID-19 and its disastrous consequences.

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) announced the laureates of its Civil Solidarity Prize, launched in 2020 as a one-off award with the theme "Civil Society against COVID-19".

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    7/2021

    Il Comitato economico e sociale europeo (CESE) e la Commissione europea ritengono che la transizione verso l'energia pulita debba essere al centro dell'Unione europea post-COVID-19 e che sia giunto il momento di accelerare l'attuazione delle misure "verdi" per la ripresa economica.

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    6/2021

    Gli studenti dell'ITT Enrico Fermi di Siracusa parteciperanno a un vertice europeo della gioventù sul clima, che si terrà online il 18, 19 e 20 marzo 2021. Il vertice è organizzato dal Comitato economico e sociale europeo (CESE) seguendo il modello di una COP, la Conferenza delle Parti sul clima delle Nazioni Unite

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    5/2021

    For the first time after the signature of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Michel Barnier, Head of the European Commission Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, expressed publicly his views on the text during a debate at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) January plenary session. "This agreement starts a new era of our relationship with the UK, but we will have to face together a number of issues in the future", said Barnier.

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    4/2021

    Portugal's Prime Minister, António Costa, participated in the European Economic and Social Committee's plenary session on 27 January to present the priorities of the Portuguese presidency of the EU. Portugal has pushed the social agenda up to the top of its presidency's programme and asked the EESC to provide its expertise on seven key opinions for the EU's future.

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    3/2021

    More clarity, greater financial transparency, strict rules on harassment and stronger sanctions for non-compliance. On 28 January 2021, the members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) voted for major changes to their Code of Conduct. This is the first milestone in the reform of the Committee that the new EESC leadership is undertaking.

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    2/2021

    Il Comitato economico e sociale europeo (CESE) appoggia il programma di lavoro della Commissione europea per il 2021 e sottolinea che la forza trainante per rendere l'Europa più sana, più equa e più prospera dev'essere un approccio coordinato con tutti gli attori interistituzionali che faccia tesoro del ruolo di primo

  • Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Social Summit in Porto
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    01/2021

    It is time to translate the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) into action, and Europe needs a new social contract for the future. This is the key message of the webinar on the Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Social Summit. The event was organised by the Workers' Group at the European Economic and Social Committee. 

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    44/2020

    After some major setbacks in recent years, the EU and the US now have a unique opportunity to re-establish a stronger partnership and friendship, based on joint democratic values, shared history and common interests.

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    43/2020

    Il Consiglio europeo adotta il compromesso sul bilancio europeo e sul fondo per la ripresa, oltre a un meccanismo per lo Stato di diritto. La decisione tiene conto del contributo proattivo e generale del Comitato economico e sociale europeo (CESE) a favore di un quadro finanziario pluriennale più ambizioso per l'UE.