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
Kommissionen og interessenterne inden for luftfart bør vende tilbage til forhandlingsbordet for at præcisere ambitionerne for den nye forordning om det fælles europæiske luftrum, siger EØSU i en nyligt vedtaget udtalelse.
Det er stadig uklart, om Kommissionens forslag vil være tilstrækkeligt til at nå det fælles europæiske luftrums oprindelige mål om nedbringelse af CO2-emissionerne og effektivisering af lufttrafikstyringen og luftfartstjenesterne.
EØSU gjorde opmærksom på problemet i en udtalelse udarbejdet af Dumitru Fornea, der blev vedtaget på plenarforsamlingen.
Dumitru Fornea sagde under debatten: "Der er behov for at præcisere netforvalterens funktion, og især dens overordnede formål og indvirkning på luftfartsplanlægningen, kapacitetsstyringen, luftrummets udformning, miljøet og prioriteringen af efterspørgslen. Alle interessenter inden for luftfart bør inddrages, når der træffes større beslutninger. Princippet om meningsfuld høring bør indgå i rammeforslaget".
Desuden henvises der ingen steder i Kommissionens forslag til de dramatiske konsekvenser af covid-19-krisen for industrien. I den forbindelse anbefaler EØSU, at der gennemføres en konsekvensanalyse for at tage behørigt hensyn til de sociale og økonomiske konsekvenser af covid-19-pandemien for både arbejdstagerne og brugerne af tjenesteydelserne. (mp)