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

  • Εγκριθείσα on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/04/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    INT/1033-EESC-2023-02448-00-00-ac-tra
    Employers - GR I
    Spain
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    582
    -

    Exploratory opinion requested by the Spanish presidency of the EU on the competitiveness of EU's industry.

    EESC opinion: Competitiveness and Industry
  • Εγκριθείσα on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 23/03/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    ECO/620-EESC-2023
    Employers - GR I
    Greece
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    582
    -

    Every year in February, the EESC adopts an opinion on Annual Sustainable Growth Survey, which the Commission usually presents at the end of November in the year before. The Committee works under tight deadlines, in anticipation of the referral, to finalise the opinion before the March Council discussion on the topic. To reinforce the Committee's impact throughout the entire European Semester, an own-initiative opinion with additional considerations is regularly produced by October taking into account the overall European Semester, which plays a central role in implementing the Recovery and Resilience Facility and is vital in current discussions about the review of the EU macro-economic governance framework.

    EESC opinion: Additional considerations on the Annual Sustainable Growth Survey 2023
  • Εγκριθείσα on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    SOC/769-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    Latvia
    Plenary session number
    582
    -

    The EESC calls for an action plan to properly implement the European Skills Agenda and its twelve proposed actions. Significant political efforts and systemic reforms in education and training and smart investments in human capital are needed to tackle skills-related challenges. Social partners, education providers and civil society organisations should work more together to design skills strategies that best respond to the needs of the labour market and society in general. The EESC points at the importance of improving EU and Member State initiatives regarding employee training in the workplace and creating the right incentives for employers to continue investing in the training of their workforce, with the involvement of social partners.

    EESC opinion: The impact of education on wages and labour productivity
  • Εγκριθείσα on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    TEN/802-EESC-2023-01-01
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    582
    -
    EESC opinion: Equity and efficiency considerations for maritime transportation
  • Εγκριθείσα on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    TEN/801-EESC-2023-01-01
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    582
    -
    EESC opinion: Individual and collective energy self-consumption as a factor in the fight for the green and energy transition, and for economic and social balance
  • Εγκριθείσα on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/06/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    TEN/816-EESC-2023-01-01
    Workers - GR II
    Poland
    Plenary session number
    581
    -
    EESC opinion: Minimum breaks and rest periods for occasional passenger transport
  • Εγκριθείσα on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/04/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    ECO/622-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    581
    -

    The EESC welcomes the simpler and more transparent economic governance framework, the reduction of the pro-cyclical bias, the improvement in national ownership and strengthened enforcement, the differentiation and more tailored fiscal adjustment path of each Member State, based on a common-risk framework. However, the Committee proposes replacing the requirement obliging any Member State with a budget deficit of over 3% to cut that deficit by an average of 0.5% of GDP annually, and emphasises that the "technical trajectory" should be first in the hands of national governments and, at a second stage, be the result of a technical dialogue with the European Commission In due course. In due time, but by 2026 at the latest, an EU fiscal capacity should be established to meet at least some of the investment needs for common priorities and to allow Member States the fiscal space to meet the fiscal costs of the multiple transitions.

    EESC opinion: New economic governance rules fit for the future
  • Εγκριθείσα on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 21/03/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    REX/576-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Cyprus
    Workers - GR II
    Poland
    Plenary session number
    581
    -
    EESC opinion: Joint communication on the update of the EU Maritime Security Strategy and its Action Plan: An enhanced EU Maritime Security Strategy for evolving maritime threats
  • Εγκριθείσα on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    SOC/762-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Romania
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    581
    -
    EESC opinion: Civil society support and funding in the area of fundamental rights, the rule of law and democracy
  • Εγκριθείσα on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/12/2022
    Έγγραφα αναφοράς
    ECO/616-EESC-2023-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    Spain
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    581
    -

    The EESC supports the digital euro project, while underlining the importance of a clear European legal framework able to establish the exceptional possibility of temporary exemptions for certain payees, and to harmonise practices and standards that vary from one Member State to another. It is essential to ensure that the digital euro does not negatively impact financial stability or the lending potential of credit institutions. The EESC encourages a broad public debate on the reasons for possible issuance of a digital euro, its merits and drawbacks, in order to make informed decisions and ensure public understanding of the project.

    EESC opinion: A digital euro and the scope and effects of the legal tender status of banknotes and coins