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28/01/2021
Michel Barnier, at the EESC plenary session: "Brexit shows the EU is not a prison, but those who leave have to face the consequences"
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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.

28/01/2021
The time has come to deliver and give the word 'community' new meaning, said Prime Minister Costa at the EESC Plenary
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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.

28/01/2021
Zero tolerance for harassment with the EESC's new Code of Conduct
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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.

26/01/2021
Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Social Summit in Porto
European Pillar of Social Rights: a new social contract for the future
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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. 

03/12/2020
EESC gives the floor to prominent Irish disability advocate Sinéad Burke
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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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