At its September 2025 plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an opinion on the EU Employment Guidelines, urging Member States to accelerate efforts on inclusion, skills, and productivity to ensure a fair and competitive labour market for all.
stresses the central role of enforcement in reducing the fragmentation of the Single Market and calls on the Commission to implement a clear and coordinated approach between preventive, collaborative and remedial tools. It also stresses the primary obligation of Member States to implement EU law in due time and correctly;
considers that the adequate implementation of EU law should be integrated into all steps of the legislative process, and legislation should include clauses dedicated to enforcement. Gold-plating, i.e. adding to EU legislation supplementary national requirements, should be avoided. The EESC asks for active engagement from the co-legislators in this regard, as well as the Member States;
asks the Commission to update the Communication on enforcement of EU law to strengthen and simplify the enforcement tools and accelerate the handling of infringement procedures, while increasing their transparency.
stresses the need to provide for oversight mechanisms regarding the application at national level of the proposed adaptations to the regulatory framework;
recommends that general transfer licences be prioritised and used systematically for all projects financed or coordinated at EU level, and that this system be extended and harmonised across the national systems;
recommends that the possibility for Member States to authorise national exemptions for chemical substances ‘in the interests of defence’ be subject to appropriate environmental verification and compatibility procedures.
On behalf of the Workers’ Group, I wish to convey our strongest support to the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) and to all Polish workers mobilising in Warsaw on the 27th of September for the National March of Discontent.
