Opinion
Приети on 27/01/2021
Референтен номер:
ECO/538-EESC-2020-05237Referral:
COM(2020) 746 final Rapporteur:
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Opinion
Приети on 18/09/2020
Референтен номер:
ECO/510-EESC-2020-2020-00997Rapporteur:
The EESC proposes launching a European pact to effectively combat tax fraud, evasion and avoidance and money laundering. The Committee calls on the European Commission to promote a political initiative involving national governments and the other European institutions in achieving this goal, fostering the consensus needed for this and involving civil society. Cooperation between Member States should be the main pillar of the pact. The Committee urges the European institutions and the Member States to provide the financial and human resources required for the effective implementation of existing European legislation and to agree on a commitment to adopt all necessary new legislative and administrative measures to effectively combat tax offences and bad practices, money laundering and the activities of tax havens. This requires permanent evaluation of the outcome of implementing each measure.
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Opinion
Приети on 18/09/2020
Референтен номер:
ECO/506-EESC-2020-00732Referral:
COM(2020) 55 final Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Tommaso DI FAZIO (Italy)
Opinion
Приети on 16/09/2020
Референтен номер:
INT/898-EESC-2020Referral:
COM(2020) 103 final Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Europe is embarking on a transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership. European businesses can lead the way as we enter this new age, as they has done in the past.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are essential to Europe’s competitiveness and prosperity. Based on the new SME Strategy, the EU will support SMEs by:
- encouraging innovation through new funding and digital innovation hubs as part of the sustainable and digital transitions;
- cutting red tape by reducing barriers within the Single Market and opening up access to finance;
- allowing better access to finance by setting up an SME Initial Public Offering Fund (with investments channelled through a new private-public fund) and the ESCALAR initiative (a mechanism to boost the size of venture capital funds and attract more private investment).
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• Position paper "Strengthening SMEs: Way Forward to a Dedicated SME Strategy"
Opinion
Приети on 15/07/2020
Референтен номер:
ECO/523-EESC-2020-02886-00-00-AC-TRAReferral:
COM(2020) 441 final 2020/0111 NLECOM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 445 final 2018/0135 CNSCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 456 final COM(2020) 459 final 2018/0224 CODRapporteur:
Petru Sorin DANDEA (Workers - GR II/Romania), Tommaso DI FAZIO (/Italy), Petr ZAHRADNÍK (/Czech Republic) (Workers - GR II / Romania)
The EESC strongly supports the Commission's proposal – Next Generation EU – as a specific tool for a quick and effective recovery.
The EESC takes a very positive view of the Commission's two main decisions:
- to introduce an extraordinary financial recovery instrument as part of the multiannual financial framework
- to raise common debt, which will be repaid over a long period of time, and prevent the extraordinary financial burden from falling directly on the Member States in the short run.
The EESC strongly welcomes the fact that the newly proposed instrument should be closely coordinated with the European Semester process, and furthermore welcomes the Commission's proposal to introduce additional genuine own resources based on different taxes (revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System, digital taxation, large companies' revenues).
Opinion
Приети on 15/07/2020
Референтен номер:
ECO/528-EESC-2020-02866-00-00-AC-TRAReferral:
COM(2020) 403 final 2020/0108 CODCOM(2020) 403 final 2020/0108 CODCOM(2020) 403 final 2020/0108 CODCOM(2020) 403 final 2020/0108 CODCOM(2020) 403 final 2020/0108 CODCOM(2020) 403 final 2020/0108 CODCOM(2020) 404 final 2020/0106 CODGeneral Rapporteur:
Ronny LANNOO (Diversity Europe - GR III)
Opinion
Приети on 15/07/2020
Референтен номер:
ECO/513-EESC-2020Rapporteur:
While the recovery after COVID-19 crisis is a top priority, the EESC stresses that this should not steer the EU away from its medium and long-term objectives, as outlined in the European Green Deal, 2020 Sustainable Growth Strategy, and the European Pillar for Social Rights. There is a need for a resilient, technology-driven European economy that is defined by the protection of the environment. The EESC underlines that strategies aimed at enhanced economic sustainability need to be developed around productivity, but they cannot be allowed to happen at the expense of workers' rights and social development. The EESC advocates for re-thinking supply chains, underlines that social aspects should be emphasised, start-ups should be encouraged and that the cornerstone of sustainable economic growth in the EU should be the creation and development of a truly circular economy. Open dialogue with social partners and civil society remains key to setting the economic direction.
Opinion
Приети on 15/07/2020
Референтен номер:
INT/897-EESC-2020Referral:
COM(2020) 102 final Rapporteur:
Mihai IVAŞCU (Romania)
Co-rapporteur:
The European Union and its Member States must stand united to protect their sovereignty. The EESC firmly believes that if Europe is to maintain its leading role in the world, it needs a strong, competitive industrial base. The EESC recognises the crucial importance of shifting to a carbon-neutral economy and of reversing the current curve of biodiversity collapse. Without a green industrial strategy as a cornerstone of the Green Deal, the EU will never succeed in reaching a carbon-neutral economy within one generation. The new industrial strategy must ensure the right balance between supporting European businesses, respecting our 2050 climate neutrality objective and providing consumers with incentives to shift consumption to sustainable goods and services .
Opinion
Приети on 10/06/2020
Референтен номер:
ECO/505-EESC-2020-2020-00463-00-00-TRAReferral:
COM(2020) 21 final Rapporteur:
Carlos TRIAS PINTÓ (Spain)
Co-rapporteur:
Petr ZAHRADNÍK (Czech Republic)
The coronavirus outbreak will have a deep and negative impact on the achievement of the SDGs and the objectives of the European Green Deal. For this reason, the EESC insists on the need to face this urgent threat as soon as possible and focus our recovery efforts without undue delay on the SDGs and the Green Deal. The Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) is the first comprehensive policy measure to fulfil very ambitious targets of carbon neutrality until 2050 in line with the EU Green Deal. While saluting the Green Deal's ambitions, the EESC regrets the lack of consistency with the budgetary allocation within the next Multiannual Financial Framework and also expresses its doubts about the effectiveness of climate mainstreaming in all EU programmes and calls on the Member States to involve civil society organisations in pushing for climate-proof EU spending.
Opinion
Приети on 19/02/2020
Референтен номер:
ECO/503-EESC-2019-04990Referral:
COM(2019) 652 final Rapporteur:
Petr ZAHRADNÍK (Czech Republic)
The EESC is concerned to note the euro area's economic downturn and the gradual end to a fall in unemployment, wedded to the persistent higher incidence of risk factors affecting economic performance. It is the European Green Deal that the EESC sees as the backbone of the future EU and euro-area economic configuration – the potential start of a fundamental change and a turning point. If managed successfully, it could move Europe up a gear economically and socially; if not, its failure could fatally jeopardise the integrity of the EU.