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's finanspolitiske ramme skal revideres. Dette skal ikke kun ske for at stabilisere økonomien på mellemlang sigt, men også for at finansiere den socioøkologiske omstilling af vores økonomi og garantere fuld beskæftigelse, job af høj kvalitet og en retfærdig omstilling. Den udtalelse, som Dominika Biegon har udarbejdet, og som plenarforsamlingen vedtog på plenarforsamlingen i oktober, er utvetydig: Kommissionen bør gå videre med revisionen af EU's ramme for økonomisk styring.
Dominika Biegon udtalte under debatten, at "EØSU går ind for pragmatiske løsninger for EU's fremtidige finanspolitiske ramme: udvalgets udtalelse viser, hvordan ideologiske uoverensstemmelser i debatten om statsgæld kan overvindes. EU's finanspolitiske regler kan forbedres betydeligt uden at ændre EU-traktaterne. Vi kan gøre en ende på den kroniske mangel på offentlige investeringer og give medlemsstaterne mere spillerum til i fremtiden i tilstrækkelig grad at modvirke økonomisk tilbagegang uden at bringe de bæredygtige offentlige finanser i fare. EU-institutionerne bør snarest foreslå reformer, der kan bane vejen for en bæredygtig genopretning og en retfærdig omstilling."
Civilsamfundsorganisationerne skal også i højere grad inddrages i det europæiske semester både på nationalt plan og på EU-plan. Partnerskabsprincippet, som længe har været en tradition i forvaltningen af de europæiske struktur- og investeringsfonde, bør tjene som en model for effektiv inddragelse af civilsamfundet. (mp)