🚰"Water must be a cross-cutting issue in all public policies" Read Paul Rübig's interview with @h20eu.bsky.social on the @eesc.bsky.social contribution to the #UNWaterConference 2026 and the need for action on #WaterResilience, investment and governance 🔗 watereurope.eu/interview-wi... #EUBlueDeal

Interview with Paul Rübig, EESC - Water Europe

As rapporteur of the EESC opinion on the Committee's contribution to the UN Water Conference 2026, Paul Rübig has helped shape a vision that puts water

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🌊 Registrations are now open! Join our event on 🇪🇺 civil society contributions to #UNWaterConference and take part in the discussions on how to shape global #water governance 🗓️15/9/26 🕘9:15 📍EESC 👉 Register to attend in person by 4 September: link.europa.eu/fHdGVr

Study Group on Building a skilled workforce for #StrategicAutonomy met for the 1st time🤝 Discussing how skills can drive 🇪🇺's circular transition♻️ A skilled workforce is key to innovation, preparedness and #StrategicAutonomy #CircularEconomy #Skills ➡️http://link.europa.eu/g4Jyxh

📢Save the date👉 For the first time, the EESC is preparing for its participation in the #UNWaterConference 2026, and we're delighted to announce a dedicated event gathering 🇪🇺civil society input🌊 🗓️On 15/9/26 🕘From 9:15 📍EESC, Brussels 📺Webstream ➡️https://link.europa.eu/X93xTt

Our AGILE rapporteurs Monika Sitarova and Srita Heide met MEP Ivars Ijabs to discuss #EUDefence 🛡️Boosting SME and civil‑tech access 🛡️Ensuring equal opportunities for new defence players 🛡️Opening AGILE funding to university incubators Factsheet AGILE➡️ link.europa.eu/mkk8YC

Rapporteur of our AGILE opinion Srita Heide met with MEP @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org to discuss the #EUDefence industry 🛡️accelerating defence innovation🔒and the role of civil society in defence preparedness🫱🫲 We thank him for this exchange and dialogue🤝

From financing 💶 to simplification🧩 to circularity ♻️ The EU's critical raw materials strategy must treat industrial competitiveness as a core priority to protect the clean and digital transition 🌱📡 More 👇https://link.europa.eu/DyCKwb

Europe is well-positioned for battery leadership - strong companies 💼excellent research capabilities 🔬 and a skilled workforce🛠️ But must deliver the industrial scale needed to match its ambition ⚡️ From @euractiv.com on our high-level battery debate 👇 www.euractiv.com/news/europes...

Europe’s battery ambitions struggling to gain industrial scale | Euractiv

Europe’s battery challenge is no longer about designing strategies, but about delivery

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"If we get batteries right, we can prove that Europe’s industrial model can be competitive, sustainable and socially responsible at the same time." ♻️ 🏭 CCMI President Alain Coheur spoke with @euractiv.com about accelerating #EUBatteries capacity🔋 www.euractiv.com/interview/eu...

Our Defence Readiness Roadmap rapporteur Christian Moos met with MEP Michael Gahler to exchange views on: 🏭Optimising #DefenceIndustrialCapacity 🛡️Building #StrategicAutonomy in critical systems 🤝A whole-of-society approach to #Resilience Opinion ➡️https://link.europa.eu/H6xTqC

Our Defence Readiness Roadmap rapporteur Christian Moos met with MEP @gahler_michael to exchange views on: 🏭Optimising #DefenceIndustrialCapacity 🛡️Building #StrategicAutonomy in critical systems 🤝A whole-of-society approach to #Resilience Opinion ➡️https://link.europa.eu/H6xTqC

The race for #HumanoidRobots is on 🤖🇪🇺 Today’s expert hearing explores how EU can lead in Physical AI, by balancing innovation with the social and ethical challenges posed by these technologies #AI #HumanoidRobots #EUInnovation Find out more➡️https://link.europa.eu/ykYtC9

On #WorldRefugeeDay, we reflect on how 3 in 4 forcibly displaced people live in climate‑vulnerable countries, often facing chronic water scarcity, drought cycles, and water‑related conflict. 💧⚠️ Water resilience must be a global priority.🌍

Congratulations to our rapporteurs Paul Rübig and Hervé Jeannin on the adoption of the EESC Contribution to the @un-water.bsky.social Conference at the June plenary 💧🎉

ResourceEU Action Plan was adopted at the EESC June plenary 💎 Congratulations to our rapporteurs Agata Meysner and Konstantinos Diamantouros🎉 Europe’s future competitiveness depends on turning resource dependency into resource sovereignty 👇 link.europa.eu/BT3KmM

💧 Water resilience is key to Europe’s future. Our #EUBlueDeal Accelerator opinion highlights technology, financing & skills—supporting the 🇪🇺 Water Resilience Strategy and integrating water into key policies such as the #CircularEconomy Act. Opinion ➡️https://link.europa.eu/YCkYbh

The CCMI Bureau visited the world-leading @connectcentre.bsky.social and @adaptcentre.bsky.social Research Centres in Trinity College 🛜🧑‍🔬 We thank Patrick Kelly, Daniel Kilper and Declan McKibben for their insightful presentations on smart cities, green communications and AI innovation 🤖🤝

The CCMI bureau visited the AI Accountability Lab research group at Trinity College Dublin, which works on the risks and societal impacts of AI systems 🤝 We thank @abeba.blacksky.app and the @adaptcentre.bsky.social team for their presentation, which was highly insightful and provocative 🖥️

Europe's battery future is still being written ⚡️ To succeed, Europe needs investment, innovation, skills and a resilient value chain The opportunity is here 🔋 link.europa.eu/3F8cJc #BatteryIndustry #EnergyTransition

Our 'Fostering innovation and digitalisation in the construction industry' study group met last week🏗️ 💡The discussion highlighted faster permitting, upskilling and digitalisation to tackle housing and #EUConstruction pressures 🚧🧰

The CCMI hosted a high-level debate on batteries yesterday at the EESC 🔋 Sodium batteries offer stable, scalable potential but Europe must boost recycling, repair, skills and industrial partnerships ⚡️ #EUBatteries 👇

Our high-level battery debate is underway at the CCMI section meeting with opening remarks from President, Alain Coheur🚨 Batteries are not merely another industrial product, they are a key enabling technology for industrial change ⚡️ #EUBatteries

At the CCMI section meeting, the opinion on Drone and Counter Drone Industry: Strengthening EU Defence Readiness was adopted 🛡️ We thank our rapporteurs John Comer and Christophe Tytgat for their excellent work🤝

🚨At the CCMI section meeting, the Industrial Maritime Strategy opinion was adopted ⛴️ Thanks to our study group members and rapporteurs, Stelios Nerantzakis and Franck Uhlig 🤝 Read more ▶️https://link.europa.eu/46yRNT

🚨REMINDER: The high-level EESC debate on batteries is happening tomorrow ⚡️ Follow here via webstream ➡️link.europa.eu/dGK36B Read more below 👇

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#EUBatteries future is being shaped now🔋 Join the high-level EESC debate on 11 June in Brussels Topics include: ⚡ Sodium battery innovation ⚡ Investment & manufacturing scale-up 📍 Register now 📺 Follow via live webstream 📑 Explore the full agenda link.europa.eu/dGK36B

💬At the CCMI bureau, we held a roundtable discussion on AI innovation, data centre and green and blue footprint 🌊♻️ 🚨AI can boost productivity and prosperity, but only if innovation is matched with trust, transparency, worker voice and strong governance

The CCMI bureau met in Dublin with Gary Tobin, from the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment 🤝 💡We thank Mr Tobin for this exchange on the industrial policy and #competitiveness priorities on the agenda of the upcoming Irish council presidency 🇪🇺

#EUBatteries future is being shaped now🔋 Join the high-level EESC debate on 11 June in Brussels Topics include: ⚡ Sodium battery innovation ⚡ Investment & manufacturing scale-up 📍 Register now 📺 Follow via live webstream 📑 Explore the full agenda link.europa.eu/dGK36B

CCMI held a constructive exchange with EP rapporteur Vytenis Andriukatis on the European Biotech Act 🤝 We shared recommendations to strengthen Europe's biotech ecosystem, innovation and competitiveness 🧬 Read opinion CCMI/257👇https://link.europa.eu/VjD64D #BiotechAct #EUInnovation

#WaterResilience requires ambitious funding Rapporteur of #EUBlueDeal Accelerator opinion, Lea Appulo spoke at the EESC ECO debate on mainstreaming water resilience in the EU budget 🌊 calling for a water test for EU policies & investments Full CCMI opinion➡️https://link.europa.eu/pBhvXH