In the negotiations taking place between the U.S. and Europe, is the question of the cultural exception, promoted by some Europeans and rejected by the Americans, not a case of not seeing the forest for the trees?
Above all, how can Europe expect to benefit from a transatlantic common market as two-thirds of the European Union is hit by the recession?
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18 Jun 2013
Discours du Vice-Président, M. Wilms, lors de la conférence de l'OIT sur "Le monde du travail" (English version available soon) - Le Vice-Président du CESE participe à la conférence annuelle de l'Organisation internationale du Travail et fait une présentation dans le cadre de la conférence "Le monde du travail". Première conférence annuelle de l'OIT depuis prise en fonction de Guy Ryder, nouveau directeur général de l'OIT. ...
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17 Jun 2013
STATEMENT - Should the cultural exception remain an exception? In the negotiations taking place between the U.S. and Europe, is the question of the cultural exception, promoted by some Europeans and rejected by the Americans, not a case of not seeing the forest for the trees?
Above all, how can Europe expect to benefit from a transatlantic common market as two-thirds of the European Union is hit by the recession? -
27 May 2013
Mr Iozia (Workers' Group, Italy) met today Joaquín Almunia, Vice-President of the Commission responsible for competition. At this meeting, Mr Iozia, who was accompanied by his expert, Ms Olga Simeon, explained the most relevant points of the EESC's own-initiative Opinion on "The internal market and state aids for the regions" (CESE 1849/2012, INT/653).
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21 May 2013
EESC-Notre Europe Joint Declaration on Energy Transition and Public Dialogue ahead of the European Council
The EESC and Notre Europe- Jacques Delors Institute call on the European Council to promote EU efforts to anticipate society's debates on Europe's energy transition.
A decision to this effect should send European civil society a positive and strong signal, emphasizing the importance that the European Union attached to its people a year away from the 2014 European elections.
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References: CESE 2407/2012 - NAT/590 22 May 2013 - 23 May 2013
The green economy – promoting sustainable development in Europe
23 May 2013References: CESE 2407/2012 - NAT/590 22 May 2013 - 23 May 2013
(...) The EESC believes that developing an inclusive green economy will be Europe's main challenge in the coming years if it wants to remain a global economic power. At the Rio+20 conference, the EU pledged its commitment to the green economy as a form of sustainable development. Now is the time for the EU to take action. This is why we need an economic development model that prioritises public investment and draws up adequate incentives for private investment to develop "green" infrastructure and R&D&I, with the dual purpose of promoting production in order to emerge quickly from the current recession and guiding our transition through this third industrial revolution from a leading economic and social position (...)
- 23 May 2013 References: CESE 2407/2012 - NAT/590 22 May 2013 - 23 May 2013 The green economy – promoting sustainable development in Europe
- 23 May 2013 References: CESE 1768/2013 - ECO/345 22 May 2013 - 23 May 2013 Financial transaction tax - enhanced cooperation
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Issue Date: May 2013
EESC Info May 2013
IN THIS ISSUE: Providing opportunities for all. The Austrian experience; The "Your Europe, Your Say" event; EESC vice-president Jane Morrice: On young people telling us how it should be done; Interview with EESC vice-president Hans-Joachim Wilms
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