Brussels, 23/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - With the election, on Wednesday 22 October, of Italian trade unionist Mario Sepi to its presidency for a two-year term of office, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) expressed its hope for the future and seeks to place its consultative function at a higher level on the European scene. In order to achieve this, the Committee would have to change its behaviour and its mentality by setting up a “strategy for breaking with its current way of...