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Common minimum standards in the field of unemployment insurance in EU Member States – a concrete step towards the effective implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (own-initiative opinion)

Igangværende (updated on 15/11/2019)
Reference: 
SOC/583-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Oliver Röpke (Workers - GR II / Austria)
Plenarforsamling: 
548 -
Dec 11, 2019 Dec 12, 2019

Against a background of rising poverty levels during the crisis, levels that remain high in many Member States, in particular among the unemployed, this own-initiative opinion would address the huge differences in levels of protection under national unemployment insurance systems within the EU.
Possible standards in this respect could be:

  • a minimum standard for the net replacement rate of unemployment benefits;
  • a minimum standard of coverage ratio of unemployed people receiving unemployment payments;
  • a minimum standard for the duration of unemployment benefit entitlement;
  • a right to (re)qualification and training

With the objective of promoting upward social convergence within the EU, the proposal for such standards is a concrete step towards effective implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights recently announced by the EU institutions in Gothenburg.

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Summary of the costs and benefits of Investments in occupational safety and health (OSH) (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Finnish Presidency)

Vedtaget on 26/09/2019
Reference: 
SOC/623-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Adam Rogalewski (Workers - GR II / Poland)
Co-rapporteur: 
Ana Bontea (Employers - GR I/Romania)
Plenarforsamling: 
546 -
Sep 25, 2019 Sep 26, 2019

Udvalgets udtalelse: Summary of the costs and benefits of Investments in occupational safety and health (OSH) (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Finnish Presidency)

A new vision for completing the Economic and Monetary Union (own initiative opinion)

Vedtaget on 17/07/2019
Reference: 
ECO/493-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Judith Vorbach (Workers - GR II / Austria)
Plenarforsamling: 
545 -
Jul 17, 2019 Jul 18, 2019

Although considerable progress has already been made towards completing EMU, there is still a need to significantly reinforce all four of its pillars, taking care to maintain the balance between them, as neglecting one or more of these pillars could result in dangerous disparities. Resilience to crises is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for completing EMU: it also requires a positive vision, as set out in Article 3 of the EU Treaty. The EESC generally calls on the European institutions and national governments to take much more ambitious action in the context of EMU reform in order to achieve a more integrated, more democratic and socially better developed Union.

Udvalgets udtalelse: A new vision for completing the Economic and Monetary Union (own initiative opinion)

The Future of the EU: Benefits to citizens and respect for European values (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Vedtaget on 20/03/2019
Reference: 
SC/52-EESC-2018-5821
Rapporteur: 
Mihai Ivaşcu (Diversity Europe - GR III / Romania)
Co-rapporteur: 
Stéphane Buffetaut (Employers - GR I/France)
Plenarforsamling: 
542 -
Mar 20, 2019 Mar 21, 2019

The opinion tables proposals on how to enhance the European project and bring it closer to its citizens.

Udvalgets udtalelse: The Future of the EU: Benefits to citizens and respect for European values (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (Amendment)

Vedtaget on 20/03/2019
Reference: 
SOC/617-EESC-2019
Referral: 
COM(2019) 55 final 2019/0027 CODCOM(2019) 55 final 2019/0027 COD
Plenarforsamling: 
542 -
Mar 20, 2019 Mar 21, 2019

In this opinion, the Committee endorses, without comments, the Commission's proposal on the resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative.

The objective of the proposal is to adapt the amounts of resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 91(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/20131, the amount of resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative ('YEI') set out in Article 92(5) of that Regulation and the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations reflected in Annex VI of that Regulation to reflect the increase of the resources of the YEI, in line with the adopted budget for 2019. More specifically, commitment appropriations for the specific allocation for the YEI should be increased by an amount of EUR 116,7 million in current prices, bringing the overall amount for 2019 up to EUR 350 million.

Udvalgets udtalelse: Resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (Amendment)

Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

Vedtaget on 20/02/2019
Reference: 
ECO/481-EESC-2018-05434
Referral: 
COM(2018) 770 final
Rapporteur: 
Anne Demelenne (Workers - GR II / Belgium)
Plenarforsamling: 
541 -
Feb 20, 2019 Feb 21, 2019

The EESC welcomes the reforms aimed at increasing high-quality investment and productivity growth, inclusiveness and institutional quality, and to ensure macro-financial stability and sound public finances. The EESC also welcomes the recognition of the need for investment focused on education and training and the need to strengthen the EU’s social dimension. However, it remains to be specified how these objectives are to be achieved. The EESC underlines that progress is very slow and proposals often rather modest in areas where new policies have been proposed, including fair taxation, the banking union and the functioning of the euro area. Moreover, the EESC recognises the importance of addressing climate change but measures so far adopted remain insufficient.

 

Udvalgets udtalelse: Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

For a European Framework directive on a Minimum Income (own initiative opinion)

Vedtaget on 20/02/2019
Reference: 
SOC/584-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Georges Dassis (Workers - GR II / Greece)
Plenarforsamling: 
541 -
Feb 20, 2019 Feb 21, 2019

The EESC launched the idea of a Framework Directive on a European Minimum Income already in 2013 (SOC/482). As the principle of minimum income was integrated in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), it was again supported twice by the EESC (SOC/542 and SOC/564). Applying the open method of coordination (OMC) as the only mechanism to reduce poverty continues to be insufficient to achieve the target set in the Europe 2020 Strategy. Introducing a binding European framework for a decent minimum income in Europe, enabling minimum income schemes in the Member States to be made "decent" (adequate) is a key European response to the serious and persistent problem of poverty in Europe.

Udvalgets udtalelse: For a European Framework directive on a Minimum Income (own initiative opinion)

Euro area economic policy (2019)

Vedtaget on 23/01/2019
Reference: 
ECO/485-EESC-2018-05763-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 759 final
Rapporteur: 
Javier Doz Orrit (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Plenarforsamling: 
540 -
Jan 23, 2019 Jan 24, 2019

The EESC is of the opinion that building economic resilience, an objective that underlies the recommendations of the European Commission on the economic policy of the euro area, is of the utmost importance for the euro area economies. However, the Committee would like to stress that the pursuit of economic resilience should go hand in hand with increased labour market resilience, that is, the capacity of labour markets to weather shocks with limited social costs.

Udvalgets udtalelse: Euro area economic policy (2019)

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