07/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – The secretary general of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Luis Planas, has been asked by the new Spanish prime minister, Social Democrat Pedro Sánchez, to take the reins of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, an EESC press release states on Wednesday 6 June. The new Spanish government, which purports to be resolutely pro-European, is being quick to recruit from among the driving forces of the European institutions. The director...