EU ‘civil society’ body rebuffs call for its eradication

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Series Details 18.1.11
Publication Date 18/01/2011
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The European Parliament's Liberal Group (ALDE) suggested in January that possible savings could be made to the EU budget by 'fundamentally restructuring certain parts of the EU administration, such as the Committee of Regions ... [and] abolishing the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and others'.

EESC President Staffan Nilsson responded by saying he found the viewpoint as 'strange' and based on MEP ignorance.
Source Link http://euobserver.com/9/31658
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Website: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group (ALDE) http://www.alde.eu/
ALDE: Position Paper on EU Budget post-2013 http://www.alde.eu/fileadmin/2010_site-docs/documents/publications/Budget/EU-Budget-January2011-EN-web.pdf
EurActiv, 12.1.11: Liberals gear up for fight to change EU financing http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/liberals-prepare-fight-change-eu-financing-news-501179
EurActiv, 19.1.11: EU advisory committee defends its role against critics http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-advisory-committee-defends-role-critics-news-501390
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