Welcome to the European Economic and Social Committee!

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), a consultative body created by the Treaty of Rome in 1957, is the second assembly of the European Union. It ensures that organised civil society from the 28 Member States in all its diversity is represented in Brussels. Its 350 members come from organisations of employers, workers and other sections of organised civil society, especially in the socio-economic, civic, professional and cultural spheres (SME and craft associations, farmers’ organisations, NGOs working for the environment, combating poverty and social exclusion, youth, consumer protection, etc.). Its opinions aim to ensure that European policies and legislation are suited to Member States’ economic, social and societal realities. This also helps to make these policies and decisions more understandable and acceptable for ordinary Europeans.

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