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
Af EØSU's Arbejdsgivergruppe
Siden EU's indre marked blev oprettet, har harmonisering og gensidig anerkendelse af standarder gjort det muligt for virksomhederne at sælge deres produkter på et marked med over 450 millioner forbrugere. Det indre marked tegner sig for 61 % af virksomhedernes handel inden for EU og er grundlaget for Europas økonomiske velstand og kommer dermed borgerne, forbrugerne, arbejdstagerne og virksomhederne til gode. Kommissionen anslår, at 25 % af EU's bruttonationalprodukt skabes på det indre marked.
Nye udviklingstendenser såsom den digitale omstilling og omstillingen til en mindre kulstofintensiv og mere bæredygtig økonomi kræver imidlertid nye tilpasninger, og det samme gælder de skiftende behov hos forbrugere, arbejdstagere og virksomheder samt nye geopolitiske forhold.
Hvis det indre marked skal blive ved med at være en succes, kræver det forbedringer på flere områder. Det gælder f.eks. den europæiske energi- og industripolitik, og der bliver brug for en energiunion, en bankunion, en mere fordelagtig ramme for såvel store som små virksomheder og øget offentlig støtte til det europæiske projekt såvel som mere effektive offentlige tjenester og forbedret infrastruktur for IT, energi og transport.
Med to skelsættende rapporter fra de tidligere italienske premierministre, Enrico Letta ("Det indre markeds fremtid") og Mario Draghi (om fremtiden for den europæiske konkurrenceevne), som offentliggøres i første halvdel af 2024, har EØSU's Arbejdsgivergruppe sammenfattet sine vigtigste budskaber om en vellykket fremtid for EU's indre marked i sit kortfattede notat "EU's indre marked: den næste generation".
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