The Conference on the Future of Europe offers a unique opportunity to improve the Union's ability to deal with these issues, not least by involving social partners and EU citizens who can offer concrete insights into their actual needs and expectations.
Europe is facing the greatest crisis in decades, in terms of public health, but also in economic and social ones. Overcoming it will only be possible with a strong social agenda.
The Workers' Group is organising an extraordinary meeting on the current challenges for Europe and the priorities of the Workers' Group in this framework.
In an exploratory opinion requested by the German Presidency of the Council, the EESC sets out "diversity management" measures for ensuring that migrants and ethnic minorities are better included in and integrated into the workplace and society.
This study examines how social partners and civil society organisations in six Member States — Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Sweden — view the effectiveness of current policies in raising employment levels and increasing adult participation in training. It also puts forward recommendations for improving policy outcomes.
This report, prepared for the EESC Workers' Group, analyses the question of defence in the European Union within its current state of play and its insertion into the broader debate of security
This study, commissioned by the European Economic and Social Committee, examines the state of implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its Action Plan in 2024
Europeans as a whole – not just the most vulnerable groups, are increasingly concerned about the growing lack of affordable housing. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has long raised the issue of affordable, accessible, sustainable and decent housing, and in particular the need to invest in social and affordable housing for EU citizens. The EESC believes that the European institutions must act to get Europe out of the current housing crisis, in cooperation with the Member States and in compliance with the principles of subsidiarity.
