Tackling poverty and promoting greater equality are essential to strengthening Europe's economic competitiveness, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Séamus Boland has said.
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Equality is key to Europe's economic competitiveness, EESC President tells UCD forum
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November 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Tackling poverty and promoting greater equality are essential to strengthening Europe's economic competitiveness, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Séamus Boland has said.
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Democracy is more than ballots, argues EESC: Europe must invest in civil society and strengthen inclusive participation as disinformation and mistrust grow.
EU body warns local action key to reviving democracy throughout Europe
www.brusselstimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Democracy is more than ballots, argues EESC: Europe must invest in civil society and strengthen inclusive participation as disinformation and mistrust grow.
My statement at the European Economic and Social Committee on the EU Kids Act this morning: isn't this all redundant? Why not just enforce existing law? If Ireland enforces Arts 8 & 9 GDPR then recommender algorithms will be off by default in every country in Europe.
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Johnny Ryan testimony on the EU Kids Act at EESC - Enforce
Dr Johnny Ryan's speech at European Parliament on deregulation: Rather than undermine the GDPR in its proposed "Omnibus", the European Commission should intelligently apply the GDPR as a tool for Euro...
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November 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
My statement at the European Economic and Social Committee on the EU Kids Act this morning: isn't this all redundant? Why not just enforce existing law? If Ireland enforces Arts 8 & 9 GDPR then recommender algorithms will be off by default in every country in Europe.
enforce.ie/digital-data...
enforce.ie/digital-data...
The budget negotiations aren’t settled but the fear is the political momentum is towards scaling farming up and slowly withdrawing subsidy. Seamus Boland, President of the EESC outlines why he thinks this is folly.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Defending the Family Farm
Seamus Boland is the President of the European Economic and Social Council, and a part time beef farmer. He makes the argument for maintaining the Pillar II payments as they are.
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November 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The budget negotiations aren’t settled but the fear is the political momentum is towards scaling farming up and slowly withdrawing subsidy. Seamus Boland, President of the EESC outlines why he thinks this is folly.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
⏰ Últimos dias para se inscrever!
🚀 A Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica da EESC-USP recebe inscrições para Mestrado, Doutorado e Doutorado Direto até 13/11, às 12h.
📄 Confira o edital e inscreva-se pelo site da FUVEST!
🚀 A Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica da EESC-USP recebe inscrições para Mestrado, Doutorado e Doutorado Direto até 13/11, às 12h.
📄 Confira o edital e inscreva-se pelo site da FUVEST!
November 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
⏰ Últimos dias para se inscrever!
🚀 A Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica da EESC-USP recebe inscrições para Mestrado, Doutorado e Doutorado Direto até 13/11, às 12h.
📄 Confira o edital e inscreva-se pelo site da FUVEST!
🚀 A Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica da EESC-USP recebe inscrições para Mestrado, Doutorado e Doutorado Direto até 13/11, às 12h.
📄 Confira o edital e inscreva-se pelo site da FUVEST!
Not for youth, but with #Youth. 🇪🇺
Through our EESC Youth Test, young people's voices are part of the policymaking process.
We also:
🌍 involve them into our meetings and hearings;
🌱 send a Youth Delegate to COP every year;
and more: link.europa.eu/BBdFVh
Through our EESC Youth Test, young people's voices are part of the policymaking process.
We also:
🌍 involve them into our meetings and hearings;
🌱 send a Youth Delegate to COP every year;
and more: link.europa.eu/BBdFVh
November 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Not for youth, but with #Youth. 🇪🇺
Through our EESC Youth Test, young people's voices are part of the policymaking process.
We also:
🌍 involve them into our meetings and hearings;
🌱 send a Youth Delegate to COP every year;
and more: link.europa.eu/BBdFVh
Through our EESC Youth Test, young people's voices are part of the policymaking process.
We also:
🌍 involve them into our meetings and hearings;
🌱 send a Youth Delegate to COP every year;
and more: link.europa.eu/BBdFVh
The EESC is preparing an opinion, requested by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, examining the positive impact equality policies can have on economic competitiveness.
November 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The EESC is preparing an opinion, requested by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, examining the positive impact equality policies can have on economic competitiveness.
Making #EUCivilSociety heard where EU decisions take shape.
We connect 90 million citizens with EU policymaking, bringing diverse voices to the @ec.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @consilium.europa.eu through trusted advice and recommendations.
Our work: link.europa.eu/QR67uw
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We connect 90 million citizens with EU policymaking, bringing diverse voices to the @ec.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @consilium.europa.eu through trusted advice and recommendations.
Our work: link.europa.eu/QR67uw
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November 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Making #EUCivilSociety heard where EU decisions take shape.
We connect 90 million citizens with EU policymaking, bringing diverse voices to the @ec.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @consilium.europa.eu through trusted advice and recommendations.
Our work: link.europa.eu/QR67uw
🖼️AI emojis
We connect 90 million citizens with EU policymaking, bringing diverse voices to the @ec.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @consilium.europa.eu through trusted advice and recommendations.
Our work: link.europa.eu/QR67uw
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📰 As the debate on housing continues across Europe, The Irish Times has published an article drawing on Eurofound research ahead of our joint conference with EESC: https://ow.ly/tAJJ5103Hat
🔎 Read the full article: https://ow.ly/10qv5103Hau
🔎 Read the full article: https://ow.ly/10qv5103Hau
November 4, 2026 at 1:18 PM
📰 As the debate on housing continues across Europe, The Irish Times has published an article drawing on Eurofound research ahead of our joint conference with EESC: https://ow.ly/tAJJ5103Hat
🔎 Read the full article: https://ow.ly/10qv5103Hau
🔎 Read the full article: https://ow.ly/10qv5103Hau
How do volunteers contribute to quality in social services? 🤝
Last Friday, the CEV team joined "Building communities for all with quality support" at the EESC, on helping people with disabilities live independently.
Thanks, Disability Support Europe & all speakers!
#Volunteering #IVY2026
Last Friday, the CEV team joined "Building communities for all with quality support" at the EESC, on helping people with disabilities live independently.
Thanks, Disability Support Europe & all speakers!
#Volunteering #IVY2026
November 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
How do volunteers contribute to quality in social services? 🤝
Last Friday, the CEV team joined "Building communities for all with quality support" at the EESC, on helping people with disabilities live independently.
Thanks, Disability Support Europe & all speakers!
#Volunteering #IVY2026
Last Friday, the CEV team joined "Building communities for all with quality support" at the EESC, on helping people with disabilities live independently.
Thanks, Disability Support Europe & all speakers!
#Volunteering #IVY2026
🎉 Registrations are OPEN for the DETAS Final Conference! Discover how #DETAS is working to strengthen traineeships in Europe and contribute to the future of Erasmus+.
🤝 Join us during Lifelong Learning Week!
📝 Register bit.ly/4i89ojk
📍 EESC, Brussels, Belgium
🤝 Join us during Lifelong Learning Week!
📝 Register bit.ly/4i89ojk
📍 EESC, Brussels, Belgium
November 6, 2026 at 10:11 AM
🎉 Registrations are OPEN for the DETAS Final Conference! Discover how #DETAS is working to strengthen traineeships in Europe and contribute to the future of Erasmus+.
🤝 Join us during Lifelong Learning Week!
📝 Register bit.ly/4i89ojk
📍 EESC, Brussels, Belgium
🤝 Join us during Lifelong Learning Week!
📝 Register bit.ly/4i89ojk
📍 EESC, Brussels, Belgium
Is intergenerational fairness finally becoming measurable?
The EESC says it should be. But its better regulation opinion misses a key link: a future generations impact assessment.
Read more: thegoodlobby.eu/what-does-th...
The EESC says it should be. But its better regulation opinion misses a key link: a future generations impact assessment.
Read more: thegoodlobby.eu/what-does-th...
October 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Is intergenerational fairness finally becoming measurable?
The EESC says it should be. But its better regulation opinion misses a key link: a future generations impact assessment.
Read more: thegoodlobby.eu/what-does-th...
The EESC says it should be. But its better regulation opinion misses a key link: a future generations impact assessment.
Read more: thegoodlobby.eu/what-does-th...
Helicopter hours, flight paths and detection bias all shape a wildlife count. USGS and partners are testing alternative designs for eastern waterfowl surveys, comparing costs and accuracy before changing how the birds are monitored.
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Redesigning the Eastern Breeding Waterfowl Population and Habitat Survey
USGS and partners are revising the design of a key waterfowl survey to increase management efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and inform annual harvest regulations in the U.S. and Canada.
www.usgs.gov
November 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Helicopter hours, flight paths and detection bias all shape a wildlife count. USGS and partners are testing alternative designs for eastern waterfowl surveys, comparing costs and accuracy before changing how the birds are monitored.
www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc...
www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc...
🌍Global biodiversity goals need local action.
Last night at #COP17, our EESC-CoR side event convened civil society, regions and biodiversity actors to discuss how to turn ambitions into results on the ground.
🔑The key? Investment, participation and local solutions.
Last night at #COP17, our EESC-CoR side event convened civil society, regions and biodiversity actors to discuss how to turn ambitions into results on the ground.
🔑The key? Investment, participation and local solutions.
October 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
🌍Global biodiversity goals need local action.
Last night at #COP17, our EESC-CoR side event convened civil society, regions and biodiversity actors to discuss how to turn ambitions into results on the ground.
🔑The key? Investment, participation and local solutions.
Last night at #COP17, our EESC-CoR side event convened civil society, regions and biodiversity actors to discuss how to turn ambitions into results on the ground.
🔑The key? Investment, participation and local solutions.
Burnout isn’t new in the media industry www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-medi... Some 70% of journalists have experienced work-related, and women and young people are more likely to experience burnout in newsrooms #BrokenSouls the #Journalism and #MentalHealth newsletter
Labour rights for journalists: safeguarding independence and truthful Information
At its December 2025 plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an own-initiative opinion calling for urgent action to strengthen labour rights for journalists and medi...
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October 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Burnout isn’t new in the media industry www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-medi... Some 70% of journalists have experienced work-related, and women and young people are more likely to experience burnout in newsrooms #BrokenSouls the #Journalism and #MentalHealth newsletter
🧵 We’re proud to support the @TRUSTEX project's upcoming event: "Worn to Last: Designing Circular Fashion."
📅 Thurs, 5 Nov | 14:00 - 17:30 CET
📍 EESC (Brussels) OR Online
Secure your spot: luma.com/u2pcb7im?tk=...
📅 Thurs, 5 Nov | 14:00 - 17:30 CET
📍 EESC (Brussels) OR Online
Secure your spot: luma.com/u2pcb7im?tk=...
October 27, 2026 at 8:19 AM
🧵 We’re proud to support the @TRUSTEX project's upcoming event: "Worn to Last: Designing Circular Fashion."
📅 Thurs, 5 Nov | 14:00 - 17:30 CET
📍 EESC (Brussels) OR Online
Secure your spot: luma.com/u2pcb7im?tk=...
📅 Thurs, 5 Nov | 14:00 - 17:30 CET
📍 EESC (Brussels) OR Online
Secure your spot: luma.com/u2pcb7im?tk=...
We’re closing the #LLLWeek 2026 with one final topic: internationalisation!
On Friday, 4 December, we’ll explore the international dimension of validation and recognition in lifelong learning through events like these 👇
🎟️ Register now!
🔗 www.lllplatform.eu/lllweek
#Internationalisation
On Friday, 4 December, we’ll explore the international dimension of validation and recognition in lifelong learning through events like these 👇
🎟️ Register now!
🔗 www.lllplatform.eu/lllweek
#Internationalisation
October 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
We’re closing the #LLLWeek 2026 with one final topic: internationalisation!
On Friday, 4 December, we’ll explore the international dimension of validation and recognition in lifelong learning through events like these 👇
🎟️ Register now!
🔗 www.lllplatform.eu/lllweek
#Internationalisation
On Friday, 4 December, we’ll explore the international dimension of validation and recognition in lifelong learning through events like these 👇
🎟️ Register now!
🔗 www.lllplatform.eu/lllweek
#Internationalisation
Serbia’s citizens have made their voices heard. Students and young people have shown the power of peaceful civic engagement.
The @eesc.bsky.social stands with Serbia’s civil society, social partners and youth on its European path.
Statement below. ⬇️
link.europa.eu/JCm8Kh
The @eesc.bsky.social stands with Serbia’s civil society, social partners and youth on its European path.
Statement below. ⬇️
link.europa.eu/JCm8Kh
Statement on the parliamentary elections in Serbia
The EESC congratulates the citizens of Serbia on their historic participation in the parliamentary elections, and the Student List on its remarkable result.For almost two years, Serbia’s students stoo...
link.europa.eu
October 26, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Serbia’s citizens have made their voices heard. Students and young people have shown the power of peaceful civic engagement.
The @eesc.bsky.social stands with Serbia’s civil society, social partners and youth on its European path.
Statement below. ⬇️
link.europa.eu/JCm8Kh
The @eesc.bsky.social stands with Serbia’s civil society, social partners and youth on its European path.
Statement below. ⬇️
link.europa.eu/JCm8Kh
Europe is our business 🌍 This is why we are launching 5 new priorities:
✅ Simplification
✅ Innovation
✅ Energy & supply chains
✅ Finance
✅ Trade
EU businesses are ready to innovate & invest, but they need a business-friendly environment.
➡️ Read more: link.europa.eu/Bv8PJB
✅ Simplification
✅ Innovation
✅ Energy & supply chains
✅ Finance
✅ Trade
EU businesses are ready to innovate & invest, but they need a business-friendly environment.
➡️ Read more: link.europa.eu/Bv8PJB
Europe is our business: EESC Employers' Group priorities
YouTube video by EmployersEESC
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October 27, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Europe is our business 🌍 This is why we are launching 5 new priorities:
✅ Simplification
✅ Innovation
✅ Energy & supply chains
✅ Finance
✅ Trade
EU businesses are ready to innovate & invest, but they need a business-friendly environment.
➡️ Read more: link.europa.eu/Bv8PJB
✅ Simplification
✅ Innovation
✅ Energy & supply chains
✅ Finance
✅ Trade
EU businesses are ready to innovate & invest, but they need a business-friendly environment.
➡️ Read more: link.europa.eu/Bv8PJB
Our EESC delegation to #COP17 is on the way to Yerevan!
Meet:
▪️EESC Member Arnaud Schwartz
▪️Youth delegate to COP Axel Eriksson
They will be in Armenia to push for a stronger role for civil society and youth in transforming global biodiversity commitments into action.
Meet:
▪️EESC Member Arnaud Schwartz
▪️Youth delegate to COP Axel Eriksson
They will be in Armenia to push for a stronger role for civil society and youth in transforming global biodiversity commitments into action.
October 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Our EESC delegation to #COP17 is on the way to Yerevan!
Meet:
▪️EESC Member Arnaud Schwartz
▪️Youth delegate to COP Axel Eriksson
They will be in Armenia to push for a stronger role for civil society and youth in transforming global biodiversity commitments into action.
Meet:
▪️EESC Member Arnaud Schwartz
▪️Youth delegate to COP Axel Eriksson
They will be in Armenia to push for a stronger role for civil society and youth in transforming global biodiversity commitments into action.
For more information on EESC priorities at #COP17, take a look at our key messages and contribution here: link.europa.eu/YP9dvx.
October 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
For more information on EESC priorities at #COP17, take a look at our key messages and contribution here: link.europa.eu/YP9dvx.
The EU Commission (@ec.europa.eu) is moving away from a governance approach that only focuses on regulation, instead blending industrial competitiveness with defence readiness as it puts forth proposals that target capacity development across critical tech sectors.
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European technological sovereignty debated by EESC
EESC debates how European Union can improve technological sovereignty, industrial competitiveness and digital infrastructure resilience.
dig.watch
October 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The EU Commission (@ec.europa.eu) is moving away from a governance approach that only focuses on regulation, instead blending industrial competitiveness with defence readiness as it puts forth proposals that target capacity development across critical tech sectors.
dig.watch?post_type=up...
dig.watch?post_type=up...