Udvidelseslandene

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EØSU deltager aktivt i EU-udvidelsesprocessen og har udviklet en tostrenget – regional og bilateral – strategi for forbindelserne til civilsamfundsorganisationerne i udvidelseslandene.

På det regionale plan er Opfølgningsudvalget for det vestlige Balkan, som er et permanent, internt EØSU-organ, det vigtigste instrument til koordinering af EØSU's aktiviteter i regionen. Opfølgningsudvalgets arbejde omfatter bl.a. møder i Civilsamfundsforummet for Vestbalkan, der afholdes hvert andet år.

EØSU arbejder desuden bilateralt med landene i det vestlige Balkan og Tyrkiet. EØSU har på baggrund af associeringsaftalerne mellem disse lande og EU skabt tre fælles organer med repræsentanter for civilsamfundet i Tyrkiet, Montenegro og Serbien. Formålet er at involvere civilsamfundsorganisationerne i førtiltrædelses- og tiltrædelsesprocessen. Hvert enkelt organ består af lige mange medlemmer fra EØSU og partnerlandene, og de mødes to gange om året.

EØSU har regelmæssig kontakt og arrangerer fælles aktiviteter med civilsamfundsorganisationerne i de udvidelseslande, hvormed der endnu ikke er oprettet noget fælles civilsamfundsorgan.

EØSU supplerer arbejdet i de blandede organer med udtalelser om førtiltrædelses- og tiltrædelsesprocessen i de enkelte lande samt emner af regional interesse.

  • Vedtaget on 22/01/2025 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Reference
    SOC/797-EESC-2024
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    Plenary session number
    593
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    The EESC denounces the deterioration of human rights, the rule of law, and democracy, and calls for further improvements of the Commission's Annual Rule of Law Reports.  Among others, it recommends that the Commission ensures meaningful involvement of civil society in both the preparation and follow-up stages of the report at the national level, and expands the Report’s section on CSOs. The Commission's assessment should be based on objective benchmarks and transparent dialogue with CSOs and the Commission needs to develop more precise and measurable country-specific recommendations with clear benchmarks, indicators and deadlines.

    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Evaluation of the European Commission's annual reports on the rule of law in the European Union
    • soc/797 _Record of proceedings
    • Follow-up from the Commission SOC/797
  • Vedtaget on 04/12/2024 - Bureau decision date: 15/02/2024
    Reference
    TEN/836-EESC-2024
    Workers - GR II
    Austria
    Plenary session number
    592
    -
    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Labour and skills shortages in transport, energy, infrastructure and the digital sector
    • TEN/836 _Record of proceedings
    • Follow-up from the Commission TEN/836
  • Vedtaget on 04/12/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Reference
    REX/585-EESC-2024
    Employers - GR I
    Bulgaria
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece
    Plenary session number
    592
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    This subject of this own-initiative opinion is multidimensional, requiring from the opinion to address a wide spectrum of subtopics, while having a clear and logical thread.

    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Water Politics: Empowering Youth, Women, and Indigenous and Local Communities
    • REX/585 _Record of proceedings
  • Vedtaget on 04/12/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Reference
    INT/1058-EESC-2024-02187-00-00-AC-TRA
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Bulgaria
    Plenary session number
    592
    -

    The opinion aims to examine the economic development of candidate countries and the potential effects of enlargement on the EU Single Market. This opinion is part of a pilot project involving Enlargement Candidate Members in the preparatory work.

    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Potential challenges for the European single market arising from the future enlargement of the Union
    • INT/1058 _Record of proceedings
    • Follow-up from the Commission INT/1058
  • Vedtaget on 23/10/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Reference
    NAT/928-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Ireland
    Plenary session number
    591
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    In this opinion, the EESC stresses that the alignment of the circular economy and bioeconomy is crucial for sustainable development and calls for a strong, interlinked strategy to foster innovation, support rural jobs, and ensure the EU stays competitive within planetary boundaries.

    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Aligning the circular economy and the bioeconomy at the EU and national level
    • Record of proceedings NAT/928
  • Vedtaget on 23/10/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Reference
    ECO/645-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Slovakia
    Plenary session number
    591
    -

    Climate change is an existential threat for the European economy. Therefore, a comprehensive approach is needed. In this context, based on the empirical and data analyses related to the impact of climate change on the real economy, macroeconomic and financial stability is essential. As things currently stand, intensified natural disasters will lead to unprecedented costs that will have an unpredictable impact on public finance.

    The European economy is currently on a downward trend. This will lead to lower revenue and, at the same time, higher demand for spending – mainly related to the costs of climate change, higher borrowing costs and negative trends in demographic development.

    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Climate change and its impact on the economy
    • Record of proceedings ECO/645
  • Vedtaget on 23/10/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Reference
    CCMI/230-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    (Belgium
    Plenary session number
    591
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    This own-initiative opinion stems from the European Commission call for an "Industry 5.0" based on: human centricity, sustainability and resilience. Industry 5.0 aims thus at broadening the previous concept of Industry 4.0, providing a transformative vision for a sustainable, human-centric and resilient European industry. This opinion will reflect on how to concretely implement the concept of Industry 5.0.

    This opinion is part of the EESC pilot "Enlargement Candidate Members (ECM)" where representatives from Turkey will take part in the study groups an in the Section meeting. The Turkish representatives are: Özgür Burak Akkol (Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK), for Group I), Cavit Demiral (Confederation of Turkish Real Trade for Group II) and Ayşe Yürekli (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Türkiye, for Group III). 

    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Industry 5.0 – how to make it happen
    • Record of proceedings CCMI/230
  • Vedtaget on 18/09/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Reference
    SOC/795-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Latvia
    Plenary session number
    590
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    The EESC underlines that youth participation mechanisms need to be transparent and that the interests and concerns of young people need to be considered at each stage of the policy-making cycle. It proposes that guidelines are set up to support the monitoring and dissemination of the EUYD (EU Youth Dialogue) outcomes and impact and that an online repository be set up where collected documents would be made available. It calls on the Commission and the Member States to support long-term, sustainable and well-functioning management of the EUYD, including the establishment of institutional memory and capacity building processes.

    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Strengthening the EU Youth Dialogue follow-up via monitoring and transparency guidelines
    • SOC/795 CR
  • Vedtaget on 10/07/2024 - Bureau decision date: 13/02/2024
    Reference
    REX/590-EESC-2024-REX/590 Screening of foreign investments in the Union
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    589
    -
    Download — Udvalgets udtalelse: Screening of foreign investments in the Union
    • REX/590 Record of the proceedings