European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
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Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
På plenarforsamlingen den 24. februar vedtog EØSU en udtalelse om Kommissionens meddelelse med forslag til en reform af EU's ramme for økonomisk styring. Der er behov for en hurtig aftale, men planen er vag, understreger EØSU.
Siden Maastrichttraktaten trådte i kraft i 1992 har EU's ramme for økonomisk styring bidraget til at skabe de rette betingelser for økonomisk stabilitet, vækst og øget beskæftigelse i Europa. Den er dog med tiden blevet mere kompleks, og ikke alle dens instrumenter og procedurer har stået deres prøve.
EØSU er enig i, at der er behov for en hurtig aftale forud for medlemsstaternes budgetprocedurer for 2024, men understreger også, at mange detaljer endnu ikke er på plads. Planerne for finans- og strukturpolitiske tiltag skal sikre, at gælden i forhold til BNP nedbringes eller forbliver på et forsvarligt niveau. Samtidig skal reglerne give tilstrækkeligt finanspolitisk råderum til investeringer i den grønne og den digitale omstilling. Vigtigst af alt skal der sikres større ejerskab til reglerne, hvis den reviderede ramme skal blive en succes.
"Det haster med at reformere den finanspolitiske ramme, da mange medlemsstater ikke i tilstrækkelig grad har konsolideret deres offentlige finanser i opgangstider", sagde EØSU's ordfører Krister Andersson. "Manglen på ansvarlige politikker rammer de mest sårbare i samfundet. Et lavere gældsniveau og gældsbæredygtighed er altafgørende. EØSU er enig i, at der er behov for en hurtig aftale forud for medlemsstaternes budgetprocedurer for 2024". (tk)