Last Wednesday 16 September the European Economic and Social Committee, an authentic representative of the European organized civil society, adopted an opinion aimed at improving the democratic function and the accountability of the EU decision-making bodies. The EESC acted at the request of the European Parliament. Actually, the Lisbon Treaty contains untapped potential to bring […]Home » European Economic and Social Commitee
A new crop of EU ‘Boards’ override the democratic accountability and undermine the EU project
Last Wednesday 16 September the European Economic and Social Committee, an authentic representative of the European organized civil society, adopted an opinion aimed at improving the democratic function and the accountability of the EU decision-making bodies. The EESC acted at the request of the European Parliament. Actually, the Lisbon Treaty contains untapped potential to bring […]Filed Under: Policy, Politics Tagged With: Banking Union, Cyprus, democratic accountability, democratic deficit, democratic legitimation, Economic and Monetary Union, EESC, EMU, European Economic and Social Commitee, European Parliament, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Valdis Dombrovskis, Wolfgang Schäuble
Finally an answer to the hottest question of European youth today: How to make sure Juncker’s Investment Plan works for youth
It was last month, on 25 June 2015, that the ETUC Youth Committee in collaboration with the European Youth Forum organised a rather stimulating conference at the European Economic and Social Committee called “Quality jobs creation for young people: what, how and when?” The Sting was there, attended the conference with interest and at the end made a […]Filed Under: European Youth Insights, Policy, Regional Tagged With: Chinese Banks, Chinese investment in the EU, EESC, ETUC, EU institutions, European Economic and Social Commitee, european south, European Sting, European Unemployment, European Youth, European Youth Forum, EYF, Greece, Greek unemployment, Grexit, Juncture's Investment Plan, Marianna Georgalis, Panos Katsampanis, Youth Committee, Youth Guarantee, youth unemployment


















