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
EU skal overvinde covid-19-krisen ved at opbygge en ny samfundsmodel baseret på grønnere, mere retfærdige og mere modstandsdygtige økonomier. Som ren energi kan brint være en vigtig drivkraft for omstillingen. Dette er hovedtanken bag en udtalelse fra Pierre Jean Coulon, som blev vedtaget på EØSU's plenarforsamling i januar.
I udtalelsen støtter EØSU EU's brintstrategi, som Kommissionen har fremsat som et skridt fremad mod etableringen af et gunstigt miljø til at øge forsyningen af og efterspørgslen efter brint og til at opnå en kulstofneutral økonomi.
"Ren brint skal være en klar prioritet, da det er det eneste alternativ, der er foreneligt med klimaneutralitet", sagde Pierre Jean Coulon under plenarforsamlingen. "Den Europæiske Genopretningsfond skal gøre det muligt for virksomheder, innovative iværksættere, arbejdstagere og investorer at cementere deres førerposition på markederne for ren energi."
EØSU støtter især oprettelsen af en europæisk alliance for ren brint, som har til opgave at planlægge produktionsinvesteringer og håndtere efterspørgslen efter ren brint i EU.
Dette organ vil omfatte ledere fra industrien, civilsamfundet, nationale og regionale ministre og Den Europæiske Investeringsbank. Da EØSU vil spille en central rolle med hensyn til at fremskynde omstillingen af de europæiske industrier, er det vigtigt, at udvalget inddrages i sin egenskab af repræsentant for det organiserede civilsamfund. (mp)