EESC delegation

Isabel CAÑO AGUILAR 
Head of Office, General Union of Workers (UGT), Brussels

Sections

• Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society
• Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment

Languages: Spanish, French, English

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Josep PUXEU ROCAMORA

Director-general of the Soft Drinks Association (ANFABRA), representative of the Spanish Food and Drink Industry Federation (FIAB)

Sections

• Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment
• Section for External Relations

Languages: Spanish, French, English, Italian

Lutz RIBBE

Director of the Department for Nature Conservation Policy at the environmental foundation EuroNatur

Sections

• Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society
• Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment

Languages: English, German

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Peter SCHMIDT
Head of international and European affairs of the Food, Beverages and Catering Union (NGG)

Sections

• Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment
• Section for External Relations

Languages: German, English, French

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Sandra PARTHIE 

Head of European Affairs and of the Brussels office of the German Economic Institute

Sections

• Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption
• Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship

Languages: German, English, French 

Neža REPANŠEK 

Trainer and Facilitator at the National Youth Council of Slovenia

Sections

• Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption
• Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship
• Section for External Relations

Languages: Slovenian, French, English, Spanish
 

Sophia Katharina WIEGAND

• Youth Delegate of the EESC and Coordinator of the Climate Emergency Working Group of the European Students Forum (AEGEE), which aims to educate young people on the climate crisis and empower them to practice active citizenship to contribute to a green transition. 
• Student of International Relations at TU Dresden and focuses her thesis research on Environmental Peacebuilding.

Languages: German and English