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The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
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The EU must rise from the ashes of the #Coronacrisis
Luca Jahier, EESC President and José Antonio Moreno Díaz, President of the Group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (FRRL)
The response to the COVID-19 crisis has had a negative impact on a number of fundamental rights. The unavoidable lockdowns have restricted our freedom of movement and cross-border travel. Freedom of association and assembly have been cut, so have privacy rights through data tracking systems. What has been put in place as a temporary measure cannot be instrumentalised to revert decades-long fights for freedoms and equality. We must get out of this crisis with our democracies – and our European Union – intact.
Luca Jahier, EESC President and Dilyana Slavova, President of the REX Section
The CODIV-19 is forcing us apart with lockdowns, but at the same showing us that we must stick together if we want to defeat the pandemic. We must react jointly and swiftly to address this unexpected crisis both in Europe and in other regions of the world, because the virus knows no borders, skin colors or social status.
Sono sempre stato un europeistaconvinto, e lo sonoancora di piùoggi. Ma il clima che si è nuovamentegenerato tra capi di Stato e di governo e il virus dellesolitedivisionisonooggi un pericolomortale, non solo per l’Unioneeuropea, ma per la stessapossibilità di potersirisollevare da questacrisisistemica e simmetricasenzaprecedenti.
In the next 10 days, we will know whether the Coronavirus crisis will make or break Europe
In less than 15 days, the EU has taken ground-breaking decisions to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and after some initial hesitation it has proven that Member States can simply not do without a coherent, coordinated approach in front of a global pandemic.
EU leaders take initial responsible steps to fight COVID-19, but Europe needs more courage to deliver #Whateverittakes
Following the EESC declaration "COVID-19: Now, we are either a Union or we are nothing", adopted by the Bureau on March 17, 2020, President LucaJahier has urged today all institutions, authorities, regulators, both at European or national level, to take urgent and decisive actions to contain and fight against the pandemic and address the risks of a long-term shock for the economy and people's wellbeing.
President Jahier urges ECB and EBA to allow EU banks to help families, workers and companies with extraordinary measures
The COVID-19 outbreak has turned into a fast-moving emergency, figures and measures are constantly changing across Europe and the world, affecting all levels of society.
COVID-19: Now, we are either a Union or we are nothing