Communication on a Savings and Investments Union

In an opinion, the EESC's ECO section (Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion) welcomes the European Commission’s strategy to create a Savings and Investments Union (SIU), aiming to boost citizens’ wealth and EU competitiveness. The opinion builds on past lessons from the Capital Markets Union and calls for action to better channel savings into productive investment, particularly for SMEs.

Key points

In the opinion, the ECO section:

• Supports the SIU as a tool to strengthen the Single Market, fund the real economy, and improve risk-sharing across Member States.
• Calls for deeper market integration, stronger pan-European supervision (via ESMA), and harmonisation of tax, insolvency and company law.
• Urges action to boost equity funding and retail investor participation, with better access to safe, transparent, cross-border investment options.

Additional information

EESC section: Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO)

Opinion type: Referral (COM(2025) 124 final)

Rapporteur: Petru Sorin DANDEA (Workers – GR II/Romania)

Adopted in section: 4/7/2025

Date of plenary adoption: 16-17/07/2025

Contact

ECO Secretariat

Email: eco@eesc.europa.eu

Administrator: Sergio LORENCIO MATALLANA