EESC Liaison Group Newsletter January 2023

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Editorial  – Did Europe learn from its recent and continuous systemic crisis?  

A new year for Europe and its democracy kicked in with full speed, promising to define opportunities for our societies. We often hope and wish for a better year ahead of us with new resolutions, a more healthy, peaceful, prosperous life for all… but we end up getting trapped by the fast-paced world, leaving many of us behind. 

Will 2023 be a year of learning from the past? 2022 has been a troubled year full of fear, insecurity, violence and instability on European soil, bringing even more violent consequences for social and economic inequalities. We witnessed once again, that our democracies are not safe, and that we must nurture them every day. But we can’t do that without our vibrant civil society and social partners. 

What if, this year, we got back to the root and the essence of things? What if we took the (proper) time to reflect and rethink the way we do things?

That’s why the 2023 edition of Civil Society Days will discuss the fundamental issues civil society faces and continues to face in Europe to safeguard its role as a key pillar of our democracy and key player to overcome systemic crisis.