The new, long-awaited, five-year strategy should be updated and implemented without delay, to help prevent any further erosion of gender equality caused by the pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has created the conditions for circular products and services to become the norm in Europe, says the EESC. In a recent opinion on the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan, the EESC urges lawmakers to ensure the circular economy finds a place and resources in the overall "greenprint" for Europe's recovery.
Biometric recognition for tracking, surveillance and detecting emotions should have no place in Europe's human-centric approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI), says the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in its response to the European Commission's White Paper on AI, adopted by the EESC plenary on 16 July.
For the first time, we now have a real strategy that can help Europe re-assert its industrial sovereignty, says the EESC in its newly adopted opinion on the proposed New industrial strategy for Europe. What is still needed is a clear action plan with practical short-, medium- and long-term measures to achieve its goals.
Η αντιμετώπιση των προκλήσεων που σχετίζονται με το κλίμα και το περιβάλλον έχει καταστεί κορυφαία προτεραιότητα της ΕΕ. Από την κλιματική αλλαγή έως την κλιματική έκτακτη ανάγκη, η ΕΕ πρέπει να προβεί σε ουσιαστικές αλλαγές για την προώθηση μιας οικονομίας εύρωστης και ενός μέλλοντος που θα είναι βιώσιμο, καθαρότερο, ασφαλέστερο και πιο υγιεινό.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) says that completing key EU transport corridors is vital, but that obstacles persist at national level which could be largely overcome by involving civil society organisations early on.
Η ΕυρωπαϊκήΟικονομικήκαιΚοινωνικήΕπιτροπή (ΕΟΚΕ) υποστηρίζειορισμένεςπροτάσειςτηςΕπιτροπήςγιατηνεπιτάχυνσητηςευρωπαϊκήςανάκαμψης, καιυπογραμμίζειότι η συμμετοχήτωνοργανώσεωντηςκοινωνίαςτωνπολιτώνείναιαπαραίτητη.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) underlines the fact that taxes on carbon dioxide emissions will not be enough to reduce CO2 sufficiently and says that there is a need to adopt a symmetrical approach to taxation that promotes the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) lends its support to the European Commission's proposal to make 2021 the year of travelling by train.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) points out that the COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity to change the way we do business, without moving away from the long-term objectives of a green, sustainable and social Europe.
