Written declaration on the abolition of the Economic and Social Committee

MEPs Nils Lundgren and Hélène Goudin proposed this EP Written Declaration in September 2007. By October 2007 it had received 23 signatures from fellow MEPs (A written declaration is a text of a maximum of 200 words on a matter falling within the European Union’s sphere of activities. MEPs can use written declarations to launch or relaunch a debate on a subject that comes within the EU’s remit).