considers that the development of a genuine European High-Speed Railways Network by 2040 must become a strategic priority for the Union, as ambitious as the Single Market, the euro and the Green Deal;
As the EU rethinks its priorities in a more hostile geopolitical climate, civil society communicators, policy-makers and journalists will gather in Sofia on 6-7 July for the XVIII Connecting EU Seminar to discuss how Europe can defend its values while responding to pressure on security, competitiveness and democratic trust.
On 4 June, the EESC Farmers’ Category welcomed the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, for an exchange of views on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals must continue to serve as the compass for Europe's future well beyond 2030. Civil society organisations and policymakers must prepare for the end of the decade, when the SDGs should be strengthened. The energy transition and the circular economy agenda must play a central role in this process.
welcomes the Strategy for Housing Construction under the Affordable Housing Plan, but urges the Commission to swiftly present the announced initiatives and adopt far more ambitious measures to address the structural housing crisis: the necessary framework conditions for the construction to serve as a catalyst for affordable, sustainable and high-quality housing, a right to adequate and affordable housing in EU primary law, sufficient funding and a stronger focus on vulnerable groups and on sustainability. Housing support must, depending on the case, prioritise conversions, renovations and new builds and promote climate-neutral and resource-efficient construction methods, collective housing and alternative mobility approaches that improve people’s quality of life;
