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
EØSU har vedtaget en udtalelse om midtvejsrevisionen af den flerårige finansielle ramme, som blev fremlagt af Kommissionen i juni. Udvalget mener ikke, at forslaget er ambitiøst nok til at reagere hensigtsmæssigt på Europas største udfordringer. Der er behov for kortsigtede løsninger for at afhjælpe manglerne. Debatten om den nye FFR bør indledes hurtigt muligt.
Kommissionens forslag omfatter 50 mia. EUR til Ukraine-faciliteten, 15 mia. EUR til migration og foranstaltninger udadtil, 160 mia. EUR til en investeringsplatform kaldet STEP og en yderligere facilitet til at tackle de stigende renter. I udtalelsen kritiserer EØSU forslaget for at mangle ambitioner og for ikke at være forbundet med strategisk fremsyn, og det efterlyser større inddragelse af civilsamfundet. Johannes Hahn, EU-kommissær for budget og administration, har rost EØSU's indflydelse og understreget behovet for samarbejde i EU.
Hvad angår Ukraine-faciliteten, bakker EØSU op om anvendelsen af indefrosne russiske aktiver til genopbygningen af Ukraine, og det efterlyser et "stort vedvarende engagement". Udvalget understreger nødvendigheden af retsstatsprincippet og inddragelse af civilsamfundet. EØSU er skuffet over den minimale tildeling til STEP og over, at der ikke er noget forslag om en europæisk suverænitetsfond. Udvalget opfordrer til, at budgettet skal kunne tilpasses og bringes i overensstemmelse med de politiske ambitioner. EØSU presser fortsat på for en mere ambitiøs finansieringsordning til fordel for EU's konkurrenceevne. (tk)