Summary of the requests of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for the IGC

This paper outlines the points where the EESC calls for changes to the draft Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe. The EESC's proposals take the form of five requests for amendments, which are as follows: that their name be changed to the "European Economic and Social Council"; that advisory bodies be inserted, in Article I-18(2), in the list of institutions and bodies constituting the "Union's institutional framework"; that a parity is maintained with the Committee of the Regions by...