I am deeply honoured to have been elected as President of the EESC.
This is an important responsibility that I will carry out with great dedication and determination.
A more #resilient, more #inclusive and more #democratic 🇪🇺 is my goal.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1651153794028261376
@BusinessEurope @Eurochambres @etuc_ces @Youth_Forum @employers_EESC @WorkersEESC @CSOGroupEESC @EESC_PRESS @AgencEurope_EN @PromoteUkraine My thanks go also to the @EU_EESC members for their work and support.
I wish my successor all the best and the same inspiring journey I experienced.
It was an honour to represent the EESC as president for the last 2⃣ and a half years.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1651140839546953729
🔴#EESCplenary end of term speech
🎙️Highlighting the added value of #EUcivilsociety organisations and promoting their work was key during my mandate.
👏I paid tribute to their tremendous work during the pandemic and for welcoming millions of Ukrainian refugees.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1651135884392103937
My presidency in a nutshell.
Longer version available👇
https://europa.eu/!T4WqDP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1650760956555808768
🗣️My presidency priorities focused on an economically prosperous, socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable Europe.
We also dealt with the consequences of the pandemic and the war.
📜Consult my presidency achievements⤵️
🖇️http://europa.eu/!DVyjTj
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1650490391303446528
🗣️ Very pleased to meet a delegation of 🇫🇮Finnish entrepreneurs led by Petri Salminen, President of @suomenyrittajat and @SMEUnited.
#SMEs real life experience is a key success factor for future-proof EU policies.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1648694023324925952
👥Insightful exchange with Ambassador Fu Cong, Head of the @ChinaEUMission, on the importance of open dialogue and ways to secure partnership at equal footing between the EU and China.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1648627598602248193
Pleased to intervene at the conference on an EU macro-regional civil strategy. The greater involvement of civil society and social partners in the governance and implementation of macro-regional strategies is key to face challenges ahead. #United4FutureEU
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1646868485031485441
❓How much green is reasonable?
📺Watch the @OrfDrei Inside Brüssel discussion on the #EUGreenDeal
👥with @RafSchaidreiter and Christoph Schiltz
📽️Video as of 01:32:40👉http://bitly.ws/CWc3
🎧Podcast👉http://bitly.ws/CWc7
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1646493534210465794
RT @RafSchaidreiter: Inside Brüssel - heute ausnahmsweise schon um 11h, @OrfDrei mit @ChristaSchweng & Christoph Schiltz zur Frage: wieviel ,Grün’ ist der Bevölkerung zumutbar?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1646451214224072705
At the @EU_EESC we #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦.
👥Exchanging with the Vyshgorodsky district delegation and visiting the exhibition 'Battle for Kyiv Region 2022: People and Armed Forces Resistance to Russian Invasion'.
Continued 🇪🇺EU support from relief to reconstruction is crucial.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1646435227705671680
Le @EU_EESC soutient les investissements dans une énergie juste pour lutter contre la précarité énergétique.
Garantir l'accès à l'énergie à un coût abordable pour consommateurs et entreprises doit être une priorité pour 🇪🇺.
#EESCPartnership avec @Confront_Europe et @Abbe_Pierre
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1645761887026442241
Today we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
One of the most important ways of delivering peace in the region is the continued and full support of all civil society organisations that work towards implementing this agreement.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1645329518712827904
📢The @EU_EESC has just decided to join the EU Transparency Register on 1 June.
We will work with @EUCouncil, @EU_Commission and @europarl_en to ensure and promote transparent interest representation.
Find out more⤵️
📜http://europa.eu/!BKvx3k
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1643267817280610306
Delighted to open the @EU_EESC event on Europe's emergency preparedness: time for a #BlueDeal, with a presentation by @paulruebig of his timely book on this subject.
We can no longer ignore the crisis of water, we need an ambitious and comprehensive water policy for Europe.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1642927970498101261
Pleasure to meet again with @VDombrovskis.
We had a very good exchange on how to enhance resilient and sustainable #EUEconomy, European Semester, #EUSingleMarket, #EUCompetitiveness and #EUTrade.
We also agreed to further strengthen our cooperation.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1642899299020185604
RT @youreurope: We are glad to share with you the recommendations drawn by the 105 students who joined #YEYS2023! 👇
All the resolutions will be taken to the @Europarl_EYE in Strasbourg in June 2023 🇪🇺
Watch the event online ▶ https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/events/your-europe-your-say-2023/recordings
Photo gallery📸 https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/avdb/galleries/yeys-2023-welcome
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1641009248640417792
Many thanks to @federalists and @SpinelliGroup for keeping the #CoFoE follow-up on the agenda.
📜With most recommendations that can be already implemented, I suggest to harvest the fruits within immediate reach and not lose sight of the higher hanging ones.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1640770060758163464
At the #EUConsumerSummit I stressed the @EU_EESC's calls for:
♻️repair instead of replace
♻️a product durability index
♻️coordination with #EUcivilsociety
📣Together we can build a world where consumers are empowered and able to make choices that benefit themselves and the 🌍.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1640751025274454024
RT @federalists: The European #civilsociety panel will expose its ambition for a sovereign and democratic Europe
@EESC_President Christa Schweng,
@Antonio_AA17, President of @JEF_Europe,
@ValeriaRonzitti, Vice-President of @EMInternational,
Luisa Trumellini, Vice-President of the @federalists
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_President/status/1640656999774814210
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