Press Release: EU-US relations: EESC calls for deeper involvement of civil society in the Transatlantic Partnership

With a view to the European Parliament’s debate on 31 May 2006 on Elmar Brok's report on Transatlantic relations and Erika Mann’s report on the EU-US transatlantic economic relations, and to the upcoming EU-US Summit under the Austrian Presidency, the EESC on 30 May 2006 reiterated its position on EU-US relations, as set out in the EESC’s opinion on ‘Transatlantic Dialogue: how to improve the Transatlantic Relationship’ (adopted on 3 June 2004).