22/06/2021
The Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee welcomes the agreement to reshape international taxation rules to ensure a consensual system fit for the 21st century across the world.
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19/06/2021
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33 / 2021The involvement of organised civil society and the EESC is crucial in ensuring the broad participation of citizens in the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), highlighted Christa Schweng, president of the European Economic and Social Committee, at the inaugural Conference Plenary in Strasbourg on 19 June. Ms Schweng took part in the plenary along with a delegation of 18 EESC members.
14/06/2021
We all have our own visions and ideas when we think about the future of Europe. For me and for the Employers' Group, this would be a prospering Europe that successfully recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, and leads the world in the green and digital transitions. It’s a future that can offer companies of all sizes the chance to become more productive,competitive, generate growth and create more jobs. It is also one where we can afford to offer each European Citizen a good quality of life.
12/05/2021
The Employers´ Group takes note of the Porto Declaration, and the Porto Social commitment, and considers them, together with the NEXTGENERATIONEU recovery fund and the MFF, as a valuable roadmap to guide Member States and the Union in their efforts towards major structural reforms, productive investments, growth, competitiveness, employment and well-being of people.
27/04/2021
Dear Madam President,
Dear Colleagues,
First and foremost, I would like to express my satisfaction with the constructive work done with the other two rapporteurs, and the high-quality and well balanced result that we have achieved together.
The resolution "A New Narrative for Europe" that we are voting today, is a timely document which has the full force of the three groups behind it. It is a resolution through which we aim to send a strong political message in view of the upcoming launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe on Europe Day.
15/04/2021
Dear Commissioner,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the meeting of the Employers' Group.
Although you have already been very active and engaged in the work of our Committee – and you will also be participating in the next EESC plenary - I believe today is the first time that the Employers’ Group has the opportunity to exchange views with you directly.
14/04/2021
The study "Boosting the use of Artificial Intelligence in Europe’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)" will describe opportunities and challenges that AI presents to MSMEs. It focuses on five sectors (construction, accounting, legal service, health sector, agriculture) and five Member States (Romania, Italy, Ireland, France and Sweden). The study also aims to identifying concrete measures to encourage these enterprises uptake of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a means to increase their competitiveness.
The study is commissioned by the EESC on request of the Employers' Group and it is expected to be released in June 2021.
Based on the interim findings, the EESC Employers' Group prepared a 3 page infosheet, which you can find below.
25/03/2021
25 March 2021 - The Employers' Group in the European Economic and Social Committee massively voted against the EESC opinion on the European Commission's proposal on "adequate minimum wages in the European Union" and tabled a counter-opinion, which will be appended to the EESC opinion as it has collected more than a third of the votes.
02/03/2021
European entrepreneurs are firmly convinced that despite current challenges, the COVID-19 crisis presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the EU, as history shows that large-scale crises force us to significantly rethink and create opportunities to rebuild better and put Europe on the path of a sustainable, green and digital recovery.
02/03/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how resilience is properly built only by securing a fully functioning Single Market. This was the main message pronounced by EU Commissioner for the Internal market, Thierry Breton, who joined the Extraordinary Employers' Group meeting (1 March) to discuss a wide range of topics from the vaccine rollout, to the revised EU Industrial Strategy and Europe's sustainable recovery.