EESC holds its first conference on the rule of law, highlighting the importance of an all-encompassing response to breaches of rights and values in Europe | European Economic and Social Committee

EESC holds its first conference on the rule of law, highlighting the importance of an all-encompassing response to breaches of rights and values in Europe | European Economic and Social Committee

Building on its newly published report on the rule-of-law situation in Europe, the EESC conference calls for a mature and structured dialogue between governments and civil society to reverse backsliding on the rule of law in the EU
On 5 November, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a high-level conference on "Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law – Trends in the EU from a civil society perspective" to signal the urgent need to involve civil society in promoting a culture of the rule of law, amid a growing number of reports on breaches of the core EU values across Europe. (...)