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
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
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
En grønnere, sikrere og mere økonomisk overkommelig fremtid for Europa kræver, at vi i endnu højere grad investerer i vedvarende energi, sagde EØSU's formand, Christa Schweng, og kommissæren med ansvar for energi, Kadri Simson, på udvalgets plenarforsamling den 22. marts.
Christa Schweng bemærkede, at skyhøje energipriser, inflation og lav økonomisk vækst havde givet borgerne og virksomhederne mange udfordringer det seneste år. Hun sagde samtidig, at "arbejdet hen imod en omstilling til ren energi i Europa, en hurtigere udrulning af vedvarende energi samt sikring og diversificering af vores energiforsyning forbliver topprioriteter for EØSU".
Kadri Simson skitserede vejen frem for EU's energipolitik: "Hvis jeg skulle sammenfatte mit svar på disse udfordringer i ét ord, ville det være 'vedvarende' For dette er den vigtigste prioritet for Kommissionens energipolitik – at fremme og nå vores mål for vedvarende energi".
For første gang nogensinde er EU ikke længere afhængig af energi fra Rusland. Ved at diversificere gasforsyningen, mindske efterspørgslen, øge effektiviteten og satse på vedvarende energi har EU sat en stopper for sin enorme afhængighed af Rusland.
39 % af EU's elektricitet kommer nu fra vedvarende energi. 2022 var et rekordår: EU genererede mere energi fra vind og sol end fra gas, idet vindenergi- og solenergikapaciteten steg med hhv. 15 GW og 41 GW. (mp)