607th Plenary Session - 15-16 July 2026

607^th Plenary Session of the EESC, with the following debates and guests:

• Presentation of the priorities of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with Thomas Byrne, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, at 15:00on Wednesday 15 July
• Better protection for workers: quality jobs and fair labour mobility, with Roxana Mînzatu, European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, linked to the adoption of opinions SOC/856 on the Quality jobs roadmap and SOC/861 on Towards a clear EU framework for the posting of third-country nationals (TCNs): Ensuring genuine posting, legal certainty and fair competition, at 16:00 on Wednesday 15 July.
• High-level debate on EU enlargement, with Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement, Mihai Popsoi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Timcho Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Republic of North Macedonia (tbc), Nerijus Aleksiejunas, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the EU, and participants from the enlargement candidate members initiative, at 10:00 on Thursday 16 July. 
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