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It represents employers, workers and civil society organisations. The expertise of its 329 members helps optimise the quality of EU policies and legislation.

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  • 596th Plenary session — Tu 29 - We 30 Apr 2025

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    596th plenary session, with the followinfg debates: Mid-term review of cohesion policy, with Raffaele Fitto, European Commission Executive-Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, at 15:00 on Tuesday 29 April 2025; EU foreign policy in a new geopolitical reality, at 16:00 on Tuesday 29 April 2025; Democracy and digitalisation , at 17:15 on Tuesday 29 April 2025; The road to the next multiannual financial framework, at 9:30 on Wednesday 30 April 2025. –  Web streaming

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  • Preparedness - A workers' perspective

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  • 10th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum "Accelerating Socio-Economic Convergence with the EU for a Better Life"

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  • The role of civil society organisations in ensuring the health security of children and young people within the EU

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  • EU wine policy package

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Workers (Group II) and Civil Society Organisations (Group III).

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  • EESC Info April 2025

    En este número:

    • Emilie Prouzet, miembro del CESE, sobre la crisis del coste de la vida: «El precio de un mercado único fragmentado es demasiado alto»
    • «La Europa de la defensa, una carrera contra reloj», por Tetyana Ogarkova, periodista ucraniana
    • Especial Semana de la Sociedad Civil:
      • «Un diagnóstico para Europa: la precariedad y la inseguridad como nueva normalidad», por Albena Azmanova
      • La ICE «Mi voz, mi decisión» reúne más de 1,2 millones de firmas en apoyo del derecho al aborto
      • 15.º Premio Sociedad Civil: Conozca a los ganadores
  • EESC info March 2025

    En este número:

    • «Defensa europea: se trata de gastar con sensatez y eficiencia», por Marcin Nowacki, miembro del CESE
    • «El plan ReArmar Europa», por Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • Especial «¡Tu Europa, tu voz!»:

      — «Para involucrar a los jóvenes no basta con marcar una casilla», por Bruno António

      — «Animar para empoderar», por Kristýna Bulvasová

      — «La juventud moldava en “¡Tu Europa, tu voz!”: construyendo una generación que vea más allá de las limitaciones», entrevista con Mădălina-Mihaela Antoci.