Opinions with Workers' Group members as rapporteur/co-rapporteur/rapporteur-general

  • verabschiedet on 14/02/2024 - Bureau decision date: 23/01/2023
    Referenz
    NAT/894-EESC-2023
    Employers - GR I
    Hungary
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    585
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    Microplastics are persistent, very mobile, and hard to remove from nature. Microplastics are widespread in the world and in the human body, and a cause of growing concerns. Plastic pellets are found in water and soil, including agricultural lands, and harm ecosystems and biodiversity. Plastic pellets are the one of the largest sources of unintentional microplastic pollution.

    For the first time, the European Commission proposes measures to prevent microplastic pollution from the unintentional release of plastic pellets.

    EESC opinion: Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastics pollution
  • verabschiedet on 17/01/2024 - Bureau decision date: 11/07/2023
    Referenz
    REX/578-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    584
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    EESC opinion: Addressing the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on peace, security and defence
  • verabschiedet on 17/01/2024 - Bureau decision date: 11/07/2023
    Referenz
    TEN/823-EESC
    Workers - GR II
    Austria
    Plenary session number
    584
    -
  • verabschiedet on 17/01/2024 - Bureau decision date: 11/07/2023
    Referenz
    INT/1044-EESC-2023-04016-00-01-AC-TRA
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Belgium
    Workers - GR II
    Belgium
    Plenary session number
    584
    -

    The Belgian presidency asked the EESC to provide an opinion on how to tackle poverty through social innovation and the development of the social economy. The fight against poverty and social exclusion must take into account the numerous dimensions of the concept of poverty that affect access to employment, education, healthcare, housing, food, mobility, digital tools, energy and culture, among other things. A cross-cutting approach to poverty is therefore essential in order to ensure social inclusion. Even though all economic actors are involved in the fight against poverty, it is up to the state to exercise its full responsibility in this area. The social economy contributes to this fight in an organic and cross-cutting way, through its diverse activities and social orientation.

    EESC opinion: Combatting poverty and social exclusion: harnessing the power of the social economy and socio-economic innovations
    EESC opinion
  • verabschiedet on 17/01/2024 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Referenz
    INT/1023-EESC-2023-01711-00-00-AC-TRA
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Romania
    Plenary session number
    584
    -

    Corruption and the lack of rule of law undermine the mutual trust that is underpinning the internal market. The EESC believes that efforts to fight corruption should be better aligned with efforts to safeguard and develop democracy in the EU. Moreover, the EESC stresses that the EU must prioritise evaluating the legislative framework on the integrity of public procurement and its implementation in practice and believes that the cross-debarment system could be useful for protecting the internal market from misuse of public resources allocated to tenders.

    EESC opinion: Corruption in public procurement and its impact on the internal market
  • verabschiedet on 13/12/2023 - Bureau decision date: 11/07/2023
    Referenz
    TEN/822-EESC-2023
    Employers - GR I
    Czech Republic
    Workers - GR II
    Poland
    Plenary session number
    583
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    EESC opinion: Posting of drivers in the European transport sector: challenges and opportunities
  • verabschiedet on 13/12/2023 - Bureau decision date: 11/07/2023
    Referenz
    NAT/915-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    Belgium
    Employers - GR I
    France
    Plenary session number
    583
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    EESC opinion: Advancing the EU's just transition policy framework: what measures are necessary
  • verabschiedet on 13/12/2023 - Bureau decision date: 21/02/2023
    Referenz
    CCMI/216-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    (France
    Plenary session number
    583
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    The Commission’s aim for this non-legislative initiative is to “propose tools on developing open human-centric virtual worlds,” according to the 2023 work program .

    EESC opinion: Initiative on virtual worlds
  • verabschiedet on 13/12/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Referenz
    REX/571-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    Workers - GR II
    Germany
    Plenary session number
    583
    -

    The EESC is a fervent defender of multilateralism and a rules-based world order. Its External Relations Section deals with many topics relevant to the broad spectrum covered by the United Nations and its specialised agencies, while many EESC opinions refer to core international principles and regularly cite the United Nations.

    EESC opinion: Strengthening Multilateralism and core international principles for a rules-based order in a rapidly changing world – The importance of Civil Society contribution to the UN system
  • verabschiedet on 13/12/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Referenz
    SOC/768-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Hungary
    Plenary session number
    583
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    EESC opinion: For an EU framework for national homeless strategies based on the principle of "Housing First"