26/02/2021
Der Europäische Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss (EWSA) befürwortet das von der Europäischen Kommission vorgeschlagene Paket zur Digitalisierung des Finanzsektors.
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19/02/2021
- 24 February, 2.45 pm Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, will bring the EESC up to speed on the Conference on the Future of Europe, which looks set to begin soon with the end of the stalemate over the presidency and the Council position out in the open.
17/02/2021
On behalf of the European Economic and Social Committee I want to congratulate Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as Director-General of the World Trade Organization and I wish her a successful mandate. This appointment in itself brings wind of a much awaited change and marks a historic achievement.
16/02/2021
At a high-level roundtable held by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Committee members and stakeholders stressed that renovation could help Europe emerge from the crisis, but that it needs to be accompanied by measures on poverty.
10/02/2021
Despite being a party to the Aarhus Convention since 2005, the European Union is still not fully complying with its "access to justice" provisions. In its opinion adopted on 27 January, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomes the Commission's proposal to revise the EU Aarhus Regulation as a step forward in improving access to administrative and judicial review procedures in environmental matters for citizens and NGOs. However, the Commission does not go far enough. Civil society organisations are asking the EU for stronger enforcement mechanisms to deliver effectively on the Aarhus Convention and on the European Green Deal.
08/02/2021
In response to the Commission Communication Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) reaffirms that the Commission's decision to raise the EU's ambition on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030 is the right one. However, in its opinion Stepping up Europe's climate ambition, the EESC insists on increasing efforts to achieve the intermediate targets, speeding up the process and placing the European citizens at the centre of climate action. Failing this, the EU will be at risk of missing its climate-neutral goal by 2050.
04/02/2021
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) stresses that a greener and fairer economy is needed and that the EU Clean Hydrogen Strategy provides an opportunity to achieve exactly that.
03/02/2021
Der Europäische Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss (EWSA) unterstützt die Strategie der Kommission zur Integration des Energiesystems, warnt jedoch, dass die Frage der Energieversorgungssicherheit auf der Basis grüner Energie unbeantwortet bleibt.
01/02/2021
The UN's special envoy on poverty, Olivier De Schutter, participated in the January plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), revealing the conclusions of his mission to the EU institutions. Despite growth and stability, poverty still remains an issue, leaving some 92 million people at risk.
29/01/2021
In einer Plenardebatte mit der für Inneres zuständigen EU-Kommissarin Ylva Johansson begrüßte der Europäische Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss (EWSA) zwar das Paket, kritisierte es aber auch als wenig ambitioniert und zaghaft: Das Paket sei zu sehr auf Grenzen und Rückführungen ausgelegt und beinhalte zu wenige praktikable Lösungen für ein solidarisches Migrationsmanagement.