New phase in cooperation between Commission and EESC

As expected, a new cooperation agreement was signed in Brussels on 7 November between the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) by the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and the President of the EESC, Anne-Marie Sigmund.

The new agreement covers closer cooperation and better communication and dialogue with civil society, aiming to boost coordination of the two bodies' priorities and improve the Commission's monitoring of EESC opinions.