Press releases

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    38/2020

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) releases the full programme of its new president, Christa Schweng, for her 2020-2023 term of office

    The president of the EESC, Christa Schweng, has announced the priorities for the next two and a half years, offering a bold vision for a stronger and more resilient post COVID-19 Europe in a programme that envisages a powerful contribution from the EESC to Europe's recovery and participatory democracy.

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    37/2020

    Social dialogue is a pillar of the European social model that can be used to swiftly respond to crises and deal with their consequences. Yet in many countries it is still fragmented and takes place only occasionally

     

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    36/2020

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) closed its October plenary session, the first of its new term of office, with an online debate on the "Recovery for the future of Europe" with contributions from the presidents of all main EU institutions, who reflected on the role that civil society can play to face the challenges Europe and the whole world are facing.

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    35/2020

    Cillian Lohan (Ireland), member of the Diversity Europe' Group, will be one of the two vice-presidents of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for a two-and-a-half year term from October 2020 to March 2023. He will be in charge of communication. 

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    34/2020

    The new head of the EESC is a convinced European with EU experience spanning two decades and considerable expertise in social matters, who firmly believes that the EU's civil society has the power to contribute to Europe's post-COVID-19 recovery and future resilience.

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    33/2020

     

    Uniți pentru viitorul Europei: noua președintă este hotărâtă să refacă unitatea și reputația CESE, demonstrându-i astfel valoarea adăugată în influențarea deciziilor politice la nivelul UE.

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    31/2020

    An official of CGIL, she is a member of the Workers’ Group

    Giulia Barbucci, a member of the European Economic and Social Committee since 2015, has been elected vice-president by the plenary assembly. She is committed to ensuring moderate and transparent management of the budget. Her main priorities for action are gender equality and the protection of workers.

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    30/2020

    The new Group presidents have been elected following the vote held on the first day of the inaugural plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and will serve for the 2020-2023 period of the coming term of office.

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    29/2020

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) takes careful note of the European Parliament's vote not to grant the 2018 budget discharge and, whilst regretting the situation that led to this refusal, reiterates its firm commitment to fighting harassment and misconduct in the workplace.

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    28/2020

     

    137 out of the European Economic and Social Committee's 329 members will be new to the EESC as it begins its 2020-2025 term of office in October.