Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on: - the 'Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Information Society: from Corfu to Dublin - The new emerging priorities', and - the 'Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Implications of the Information Society for European Union policies - Preparing the next steps'.