📰 News and stories from @EU_EESC - the EU body representing organised #EUcivilsociety 📧 press@eesc.europa.eu

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How can civil society defend Europe’s democratic values? Join @EU_EESC’s #ConnectingEU seminar in Sofia, 6–7 July, with leading voices including @DaveKeating, Sebastian Rodriguez, @ConnorAllenEU & many more! Programme👉link.europa.eu/KXTmRH Questions? press@eesc.europa.eu
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Massively looking forward to joining the @EU_EESC in Sofia in July. I'll be making the case for a laser focus on Europe's struggling industries. That means ambitious and meaningful deregulation, and a business first mindset in Europe. Through free markets will Europe thrive!
How can civil society defend Europe’s democratic values? Join @EU_EESC’s #ConnectingEU seminar in Sofia, 6–7 July, with leading voices including @DaveKeating, Sebastian Rodriguez, @ConnorAllenEU & many more! Programme👉link.europa.eu/KXTmRH Questions? press@eesc.europa.eu
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🔴Strengthening Europe's battery ecosystem can secure its industrial future❗️ ➡️Read the 🗞️on the high-level experts'debate held by @EU_EESC's @CCMI_EESC 👉link.europa.eu/3F8cJc #EUBatteries #StrategicAutonomy
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Today, @corina_murafa presents @EU_EESC's views on the Citizens Energy Package at the European Sustainable Energy Week Key takeaways: ⚡️Fair, sustainable & secure energy system ⚡️Prioritise financing energy communities ⚡️Empower citizens ℹ️link.europa.eu/BDXyNg #EUSEW2026
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🏡 Watch @Rudolf_Kolbe speech at the #NEBFestival2026 💬 #NewEuropeanBauhaus is an initiative that connects #EuropeanGreenDeal with people’s everyday lives ▶️ principles: sustainability, aesthetics, inclusion 📺 youtu.be/j8wlV1RmiiQ More info here 👉 link.europa.eu/8KvQMC
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🔴 Live now! Conference on #IntergenerationalSolidarity @EESC_TEN 📺 Click here and watch in webstreaming 👉 link.europa.eu/rWcBqY 📩 Media inquiries: press@eesc.europa.eu
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🎬 The conference begins now! We’re kicking off discussions on delivering intergenerational solidarity, the role of SGI and Europe’s shared future 👥🌍 ℹ️More information: link.europa.eu/X6Y6kq 🎦Watch the webstream: link.europa.eu/rWcBqY
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🔴 The #NEBFestival2026 is starting today! @EU_EESC members will take the floor to discuss: #NewEuropeanBauhaus @Rudolf_Kolbe ➡️ link.europa.eu/8KvQMC 🇪🇺 #bioeconomy strategy @Arnaud_Schwartz ➡️ link.europa.eu/CGdXdj Find out more! 👉 link.europa.eu/BvRv8R
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We welcome the @EU_Commission's decision to provide additional fiscal flexibility for energy-related investments. 🇪🇺 This step is fully aligned with our recent opinion on the Grids Package, recognising energy infrastructure as a strategic asset for Europe’s security. ↓
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📢Join us for a high-level conference: "The Future of the European Battery Industry" organised by the @EU_EESC's Consultative Commission on Industrial Change👇 🗓️ 11 June 2026 🕝 14:30–17:00 📍 EESC, Rue Belliard 99, Brussels ℹ️More info & webstream: link.europa.eu/tGGWr4
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Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌍 The @EU_EESC stresses that a healthy planet underpins our wellbeing, economy & future. 🌿Protecting & restoring nature, strengthening the #OneHealth approach, & empowering #CivilSociety are key to driving real change. 👉link.europa.eu/3fkWkX
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🌊 On #IUUFishing Day, the EU steps up the fight against illegal fishing. Through rules & controls, the EU helps prevent, deter & eliminate IUU fishing, ensuring effective checking, inspection & enforcement by national authorities. link.europa.eu/VdndX8 link.europa.eu/bGnHK7
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What's holding back the #SingleMarket? 👉Weak enforcement of common EU rules 👉Declining consumer confidence 👉Complexity for SMEs 👉Loss of digital competitiveness Read our story on the joint @EU_EESC @EU_CoR @EUparliament event One Europe, One Market link.europa.eu/GDN7Tt
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Encouraging to see an EESC recommendation on greater fiscal flexibility for energy investments being taken forward. Grids are not just energy infrastructure—they are security infrastructure, essential to Europe’s resilience and defence. 👉Our opinion: link.europa.eu/vyq7vp

Today, as part of the #EuropeanSemester, we have decided to give Member States additional fiscal flexibility for #energy-related measures and investments. ↓
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The #EuropeanSemester rightly points to competitiveness & resilience. Now the focus must be on implementation: reducing Single Market barriers, supporting innovation & ensuring a predictable business environment 🎯
How can the EU become stronger, more competitive, and more resilient? The 2026 Spring Semester Package provides guidance to EU countries on how to: ✅ Increase social cohesion ✅ Strengthen strategic autonomy ✅ Boost competitiveness ✅ Build economic resilience …while maintaining sound public finances. Read more: link.europa.eu/txhN8v
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We welcome the focus on structural challenges in the Spring Semester Package, but we call for bolder moves this Autumn. We need: 📈 permanent fiscal capacity & joint debt to bridge the investment gap; 🛡️ a permanent SURE instrument to protect jobs. More: link.europa.eu/wGg87d

How can the EU become stronger, more competitive, and more resilient? The 2026 Spring Semester Package provides guidance to EU countries on how to: ✅ Increase social cohesion ✅ Strengthen strategic autonomy ✅ Boost competitiveness ✅ Build economic resilience …while maintaining sound public finances. Read more: link.europa.eu/txhN8v
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Join us today at 10:30 in the ECO Section for a public debate on the #easternborderregions with the title: Strong regions for safe Europe: resilience and growth of EU #easternborderregions #Cohesionpolicy
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Today from 9:30 to 14:00 ➡️One Europe, One Market: from strategy to delivery - joint conference by @EU_EESC @EU_CoR @EUparliament 📺Follow it live here: link.europa.eu/dtgBDc #SingleMarketStrategy
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📢Reporting from Vienna @EU_EESC Conference: Winning the hearts and minds of 🇪🇺citizens on #enlargement: by building trust between institutions and citizens & between European Union & the region. Read the story👉 link.europa.eu/jc4dDq #WesternBalkans #CivilSociety
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📢 Happening on 3 June: One Europe, One Market: from strategy to delivery 🗓️9:30-14:00, at EESC & online 🗣️A joint event by @EU_EESC @EU_CoR @EUparliament on turning #SingleMarketStrategy into concrete delivery for citizens and businesses 🖇️Program: link.europa.eu/QxVd4Y
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