05/01/24 (Agence Europe) – The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) launched, on Thursday 4 January, a call for expressions of interest from civil society organisations in the EU candidate countries to become ‘enlargement candidate members’ (ECM) and contribute to the EESC’s advisory work in 2024. In December 2023, European leaders opened accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova and granted Georgia the status of candidate country, subject to conditions (see EUROPE...