President Georges Dassis attends the 25th anniversary of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council (CES)

On 12 October, Georges Dassis, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), was for the first time in Portugal in this quality, to attend the 25^th anniversary of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council (CES), in Lisbon.

The event started with an opening speech by the President of the Portuguese CES, Luís Filipe Pereira, and had the special participation of the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

To celebrate the creation of this important constitutional body with consultative and social concertation responsibilities, the Portuguese CES also organized a conference dedicated to a hotly debated topic: "Social Security Financing Sources ", which very much concerns the Portuguese society, as well as the rest of Europe.

The EESC President alongside with the President of the Portuguese Republic particularly emphasised to the need that all the appropriate decisions have to be taken in order to facilitate citizens' lives and that all necessary actions must be put forward to improve the European integration, towards a Europe of solidarity with an enhanced social dimension.