EESC Info

In this issue:

• No longer invisible: how the Seoul and London Olympics made history by Pietro Barbieri
• What I see at the Olympics by Pyrros Dimas
• The Revived – Ukraine's first ever digital Olympic team
• Children with disabilities: we can do everything, we just might do some things a little differently
• 24 projects shortlisted for 2024 EU Organic Awards

In this issue: 

• Clamping down on exploitation of trainees by Nicoletta Merlo 
• Spotlight on youth in the EU: the Committee's pioneering Youth Test initiative is gaining momentum 
• How the Rassemblement national capitalises on the youth vote in France by Christophe Préault, Touteleurope.eu
• How to stay in touch with Generation TikTok? by Rieke Smit, Social News Daily/ #UseTheNews 
   

• Making European elections a role-model for accessible voting: this time it is too late
• Enlargement: the EU’s most powerful and successful policy tool, by Pat Cox
• North Macedonia’s EU accession: challenges, promises and the way forward
• Jaroslaw Pietras: The EU’s great enlargement – 20 years on

• Danuta Hübner: The vote matters
• Cast your ballots in June 2024: the EESC is calling on Europeans to vote for a united and democratic Europe
• Régis Genté: Disinformation will be successful if its target is weak
• Housing crisis – the EESC calls on the EU to act

• Civil Society Week: European civil society sets agenda for next EU leaders
• Ireland's Third Age Foundation wins EESC Civil Society Prize for mental health
• Christian Moos: Defence of Democracy package – Commission should withdraw the directive
• Bruno Kaufmann: Why the European Citizens' Initiative is much more decisive than we may think

In this issue:

• #CivSocWeek is coming on 4-7 March
• Emilie Prouzet: Long-term competitiveness, mapping factors and actors to chart a way forward
• Ana Gomes: Rising above the far right in Europe – causes, and the remedies needed
• Ukraine, two years on

In this issue:

• In memory of Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission. Tribute given by Sebastien Maillard, Director of the Jacques Delors Institute and Lorenzo Consoli, EU Correspondent
• COP28: Civil society to push for more action to save climate
• European Disability Card – one step closer to achieving free movement for people with disabilities in the EU
• EESC demands political efforts to eradicate homelessness be stepped up

In this issue:

• Willem Vriesendorp: "COP28: The time for action is now"
• Connecting EU 2023 seminar: Disinformation and lack of interest are the main reasons for poor voter turnout in European elections
• Robert Sermek: Why you shouldn't miss voting in the 2024 European elections

In this issue:

• EESC celebrates the success of the Fur Free Europe Citizens' Initiative
• 2023 EESC winners in the EU organic awards: from Ireland, Germany and Austria
• Ewa Ewart: "We must join forces to protect our most precious resource: life-giving, fresh, clean water"
• Maria Nikolopoulou: We call for an overarching strategy to implement the Sustainable Development Goals

In this issue:

• Stop ageism: EESC urges EU and Member States to create new strategy for older persons
• EESC puts water on the EU agenda with first concrete Blue Deal proposals
• Georgia – Another front for Russia
• EU Organic Awards 2023: EESC announces finalists
• Influencer advertising: EESC proposes EU regulation to draw red line