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  • 596th Plenary session — Tu 29 - We 30 Apr 2025

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    596th plenary session, with the followinfg debates: Mid-term review of cohesion policy, with Raffaele Fitto, European Commission Executive-Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, at 15:00 on Tuesday 29 April 2025; EU foreign policy in a new geopolitical reality, at 16:00 on Tuesday 29 April 2025; Democracy and digitalisation , at 17:15 on Tuesday 29 April 2025; The road to the next multiannual financial framework, at 9:30 on Wednesday 30 April 2025. –  Web streaming

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  • EESC Info April 2025

    Šajā izdevumā:

    • EESK locekle Emilie Prouzet par dzīves dārdzības krīzi: sadrumstalota vienotā tirgus cena ir pārāk augsta
    • Ukrainas žurnāliste Tetyana Ogarkova: aizsardzības Eiropa, skrējiens ar mērķi apsteigt laiku
    • Pilsoniskās sabiedrības nedēļas speciālizlaidums
      • Eiropas diagnoze: nestabilitāte un nedrošība kā jaunā norma. Albena Azmanova
      • EPI “Mana balss, mana izvēle”: vairāk nekā 1,2 miljoni iestājas par tiesībām uz abortu
      • 15. balva pilsoniskajai sabiedrībai: uzvarētāji
  • EESC info March 2025

    Šajā izdevumā:

    • Eiropas aizsardzība: viedi un efektīvi tēriņi. EESK loceklis Marcin Nowacki
    • Plāns ReArm Europe. Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • Uzmanības centrā – “Jūsu Eiropa, jūsu lēmumi”:

      - Jauniešu iesaiste nedrīkst būt tikai formalitāte. Bruno António

      - Pamudinājums, kas dod spēku. Kristýna Bulvasová

      - Moldovas jaunieši pasākumā “Jūsu Eiropa, jūsu lēmumi”: jaunā paaudze, kas spēj skatīties pāri ierobežojumiem – intervija ar Mădălina-Mihaela Antoci