European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
A UE pode ainda ser o lugar mais seguro do mundo para jornalistas, mas essa situação pode facilmente mudar, visto que a atual tendência para a intimidação, o assédio e mesmo o assassinato de repórteres parece continuar a intensificar-se.
O nosso convidado é o jornalista de investigação Matthew Caruana Galizia, cuja mãe, Daphne Caruana Galizia, foi brutalmente assassinada em 2017 por tentar denunciar a corrupção em Malta.
Julie Majerczak, chefe do gabinete em Bruxelas da Repórteres sem Fronteiras, explicou-nos que o assassinato de jornalistas (16 mortos na UE desde 2015) é apenas a ponta do icebergue. São cada vez mais vítimas de diferentes formas de pressão, injúrias e censura. Perguntámos ao membro do CESE Christian Moos por que motivo a defesa da liberdade dos meios de comunicação social é tão importante para a UE.
Há alguma coisa que a UE deva fazer, e devem ser impostas sanções financeiras aos governos que tentam suprimir as vozes críticas e a liberdade da imprensa? Os nossos convidados revelam tudo no nosso mais recente episódio, «Sem meios de comunicação livres, não há democracia».