🇪🇺🇬🇧👏A historic moment as negotiations concluded for the UK to rejoin @EUErasmusPlus in 2027, boosting people-to-people ties. #CivilSociety collective effort, mirrored in @EU_EESC opinion by @CillianLohan, was key! @CuttinMaurizio @EUdelegationUK 👉

The UK is rejoining #ErasmusPlus & we helped make it happen. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Through dialogue, advocacy & strong #EUCivilSociety action, we have long championed EU-UK #Youth engagement. This milestone re-opens pathways for learning & connections across generations. @EUErasmusPlus

With its opinion on EU-UK youth engagement, the @EU_EESC had long called for a UK @EUErasmusPlus re-entry! Under the leadership of @CillianLohan, EESC members engaged in genuine dialogue, championed the interests of civil society & actively involved it. 🔎 https://t.co/Iiyxan0w28

I am grateful to the President of the European Economic and Social Committee 🇪🇺, Séamus @EESC_President, for the strong message of support for Montenegro during our meeting in Brussels. 💬 The success of Montenegro is the effort of the entire society: the Government,

21st Meeting of the EU- Montenegro Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee Today, at the @EU_EESC’s More about the EU🇪🇺 - 🇲🇪 Montenegro relations: https://t.co/Vq5qBxNDFZ https://t.co/KTWGudQJpE https://t.co/PiUrngo0Mt #EuropeanUnion🇪🇺 #Montenegro🇲🇪 #Enlargement 🤝

We believe in a credible, predictable, gradual & merit-based accession process for the #WesternBalkans, where social partners & #CivilSociety play a vital role. Together, we can strengthen the 🇪🇺EU politically and socio-economically. Read @EU_EESC opinion👉 https://t.co/V1PdtYHZNi

👏We honor #SakharovPrize laureates Andrzej Poczobut #Belarus & Mzia Amaglobeli #Georgia, whose courage & fight for human dignity & freedom has just been recognised by @Europarl_EN Many journalists & activists remain political prisoners. We continue to fight until all are free✊

👏🇪🇺🇲🇪 The EU-#Montenegro Joint Consultative Committee welcomes Montenegro's goal to close all remaining negotiation chapters by 2026, reaffirms full support for EU membership & will stay engaged in the final stages. 🧐 Read the joint declaration: https://t.co/8QWQ3tj2Cs

🙌 EU-#Canada intersessional meeting brought together #TSD Chairs and DAGs from both sides 🇪🇺🇨🇦 Open dialogue, shared priorities, and continued cooperation on trade & sustainable development have never been more important 🤝

We pay tribute to Andrzej Poczobut & Mzia Amaglobeli, both still jailed in #Belarus & #Georgia, who were today awarded @Europarl_EN #SakharovPrize Our solidarity is with them and their actions in defence of freedom and democracy Our📽️with @EESC_President and @HannaLiubakova

🇪🇺🇺🇦 The joint declaration from the 18th meeting of the EU–Ukraine #CivilSociety Platform is out now. Key recommendations on EU support to #Ukraine, dialogue w/civil society, labour, environment & agriculture, and education & youth. 🧐 https://t.co/weXHQl9B3t #StrongerTogether

📣 Happening now! The EU Domestic Advisory Groups for 🇯🇵, 🇰🇷 & 🇸🇬 kick off their 2025–2028 term together to boost #TSD cooperation & exchange best practices. 💬 Members will engage with @Trade_EU & 🇪🇺 Delegations on regional outlooks & #TSD Chapter implementation. #AllDAGs

📆Tomorrow! 2⃣1⃣st meeting of the 🇪🇺🇲🇪 Joint Consultative Committee! 🔎 Spotlight on EU-#Montenegro relations, 2025 Enlargement Package & 🇲🇪 Report 🚀 Reform Agenda & Growth Plan for the #WesternBalkans 🤝 Social dialogue & #CivilSociety in Montenegro 📰 https://t.co/5QgKlrUjLJ

We are relieved and overjoyed to see Maria Kalesnikava, Viktar Babaryka, Ales Bialiatski and 120 other political prisoners reunited with their loved ones. All who remain unjustly detained must be unconditionally released. We stand with democratic Belarus 🤍❤️🤍 #StandWithBelarus

Together with @rccint, we support #youth driving EU accession & defending #democracy. "Our Youth Group will keep working with youth organisations from candidate countries throughout this mandate & include them in our youth participation initiatives." – 🗣️@NMerlo87

📣 Now at the @EU_EESC: “No Future Without Us”! Young people are the strongest advocates of 🇪🇺 values & drivers of democratic resilience; they should be recognised as genuine partners in the accession process ➡️ #enlargement can only succeed if it is youth-driven 🌍

👏Congratulations to @IreneOldfather & the Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe for the #EmpowerEUaward A true recognition for the excellent work done in sustaining Scotland's links with Europe & in ensuring #CivilSociety is heard in the 🇪🇺🇬🇧 relations 👉🧾 https://t.co/WyzkE3PreY

📢 In response to the EU's strategic plan for the Black Sea region, EESC rapporteur @MilenaAngel23 🗨️calls for an ambitious & pragmatic implementation of the plan, stressing the need to counter hybrid threats & disinformation in the region. 🗞️More: https://t.co/sFcstIUJIC

🚀 Youth at the heart of 🇪🇺 enlargement! Tomorrow: “No Future Without Us” conference will bring together @EU_EESC, @rccint & youth representatives from the #WesternBalkans & EU to discuss young people’s role in EU accession. 🌍💬 #EESC_WB 🧐more: https://t.co/6BAINB9ONe

🙌 Happening now at the @EU_EESC: the 18th meeting of the 🇪🇺🇺🇦 #CivilSociety Platform! #Ukraine's greatest strength lies in its people & vibrant civil society. Our policies must keep them at the centre ➡️ they are 🗝️ to Ukraine's recovery, reconstruction, and #European future.