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Strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities

Opinion
verabschiedet on 07/07/2021
Referenz: 
SOC/680-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 101 final
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Greece)
Plenartagung: 
562 -
Jul 07, 2021 Jul 08, 2021

The EESC welcomes the new EU Disability Rights Strategy, acknowledging that it is a clear step forward compared with the previous one. It is however concerned about the lack of binding measures and hard legislation implementing the Strategy.

Among other recommendations, the Committee regrets the lack of specific actions addressing the needs of women and girls with disabilities and calls for a specific flagship initiative in the second half of the period of the Strategy. It also calls for the  full involvement and participation of organisations of persons with disabilities in the proposed Disability Platform. As regarding the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the EESC feels it  should be strongly linked to the Disability Strategy and used to help persons with disabilities recovering from the pandemic.

Stellungnahme des Ausschusses: Strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities

Europe's beating cancer plan

Opinion
verabschiedet on 09/06/2021
Referenz: 
SOC/677-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 44 final COM(2021) 44 final
Rapporteur: 
Małgorzata Anna BOGUSZ (Diversity Europe - GR III / Poland)
Co-rapporteur: 
Milena ANGELOVA (Employers - GR I/Bulgaria)
Plenartagung: 
561 -
Jun 09, 2021 Jun 10, 2021

In this opinion the EESC:

  • Welcomes Europe's Beating Cancer Plan as a milestone in the fight against cancer and calls for a concrete roadmap for its implementation, with performance indicators, realistic timeframes and close involvement of Social Partners (SP) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO).
  • Considers important that the EU and Member States ensure  the availability of igh-quality, accessible healthcare infrastructure and effective support systems for patients' physical and mental well-being.
  • Asks for the negative consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in accessing to health services to be urgently addressed, recognising as well the supportive role SP and CSO can play in this area. 

Stellungnahme des Ausschusses: Europe's beating cancer plan

Health technology assessment / Compromise

Opinion
verabschiedet on 27/04/2021
Referenz: 
INT/950-EESC-2021-01784-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 51 final 2018/0018 COD
General Rapporteur: 
Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (Employers - GR I)
Plenartagung: 
560 -
Apr 27, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

The EESC believes that evidence based processes like Health Technology Assessment (HTA) that is a key driver for socio-economic growth and innovation in the Union can be achieved through cooperation between Member States at Union level aiming at a high protection of health for patients and ensuring the smooth functioning of an inclusive Single Market. It is concerned about the set timelines of implementation and especially the delayed application of three years and believes that for the benefit of the patients and cost-effectiveness this could be shortened. In order to achieve the promise of digital health and care, of which HTA is part, the involvement of civil society is crucial.

Stellungnahme des Ausschusses: Health technology assessment / Compromise

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Council of the EU compromise on COM(2018) 51 final – 2018/0018 (COD)

Building a European Health Union

Opinion
verabschiedet on 27/04/2021
Referenz: 
SOC/665-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 724 final COM(2020) 725 final 2020/0321 CODCOM(2020) 726 final 2020/0320 CODCOM(2020) 727 final 2020/0322 CODCOM(2020) 727 final 2020/0322 COD
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Greece)
Plenartagung: 
560 -
Apr 27, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

The opinion, presenting EESC's position on the four proposals of the Health package published by the European  Commission in November 2020, supports and welcomes these initiatives but draws the attention on some elements.

  • The EU and Member States should ensure that everyone has equal access to quality, well staffed, well equipped health and social services. This is particularly important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic which has deepened existing inequalities.
  • Special attention in future EU policies should be given to healthcare workers and the need to improve working conditions, including pay, recruitment and retention, as well as their health and safety.
  • The new EU health package should be combined with the roll-out of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), particularly its principles 12, 16, 17 and 18 and the Action Plan on the EPSR. It should also be part of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.

Stellungnahme des Ausschusses: Building a European Health Union

Union Civil Protection Mechanism

Opinion
verabschiedet on 29/10/2020
Referenz: 
NAT/798-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 220 final 2020/0097 COD
Plenartagung: 
555 -
Oct 27, 2020 Oct 29, 2020

The revamped Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) is a tool through which the EU supports, coordinates and supplements actions of EU Member States in the field of civil protection in order to prevent, prepare and respond to natural and man-made disasters within and outside the EU. The new proposal aims to strengthen the UCPM to ensure that the EU and its Member States are better prepared to respond to large-scale emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stellungnahme des Ausschusses: Union Civil Protection Mechanism

Recovery plan for Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

Opinion
verabschiedet on 15/07/2020
Referenz: 
ECO/523-EESC-2020-02886-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2020) 441 final 2020/0111 NLECOM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 445 final 2018/0135 CNSCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 456 final COM(2020) 459 final 2018/0224 COD
Rapporteur: 
Petru Sorin DANDEA (Workers - GR II/Romania), Tommaso DI FAZIO (/Italy), Petr ZAHRADNÍK (/Czech Republic) (Workers - GR II / Romania)

The EESC strongly supports the Commission's proposal – Next Generation EU – as a specific tool for a quick and effective recovery.

The EESC takes a very positive view of the Commission's two main decisions:

  1. to introduce an extraordinary financial recovery instrument as part of the multiannual financial framework
  2. to raise common debt, which will be repaid over a long period of time, and prevent the extraordinary financial burden from falling directly on the Member States in the short run.

The EESC strongly welcomes the fact that the newly proposed instrument should be closely coordinated with the European Semester process, and furthermore welcomes the Commission's proposal to introduce additional genuine own resources based on different taxes (revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System, digital taxation, large companies' revenues).

Stellungnahme des Ausschusses: Recovery plan for Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

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

Opinion
verabschiedet on 26/09/2019
Referenz: 
SOC/623-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Adam ROGALEWSKI (Poland)
Co-rapporteur: 
Ana BONTEA (Romania)

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

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