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  • EESC info March 2025

    Šiame leidinio numeryje

    • Europos gynyba: lėšas reikia leisti išmintingai ir efektyviai, EESRK narys Marcin Nowacki
    • Planas „ReArm Europe“, Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • „Tavo Europa, tavo balsas!“:

      Įtraukti jaunimą – tai kur kas daugiau nei uždėti pliusiuką, Bruno António

      Įkvėpti jaunimą dideliems darbams, Kristýna Bulvasová

      Jaunieji moldavai renginyje „Tavo Europa, tavo balsas!“: ugdome kartą, kuriai nebaisios kliūtys, pokalbis su Mădălina-Mihaela Antoci

  • EESC info February 2025

    Šiame leidinio numeryje:

    • EESRK nuomonė dėl M. Draghi ir E. Letta pranešimų, Matteo Carlo Borsani, Giuseppe Guerini ir Stefano Palmieri
    • Konkurencingumo manija, Karel Lannoo, CEPS
    • Konkurencingumo kelrodis nesugeba suderinti įmonių poreikių ir darbuotojų teisių, Esther Lynch, ETUC
    • „Future 500“: Europos įmonių plėtra siekiant pasaulinės sėkmės, Stjepan Orešković, Atlanto Taryba
    • Europos koaliciją už teisingą verslą (ECCJ) nepritaria bendrajam rinkiniui – įmonių interesai neturėtų būti ES politikos varomoji jėga, Andriana Loredan, ECCJ