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Statement by Séamus Boland, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Stefano Palmieri, President of the Section for External Relations (REX)
In an opinion adopted at the February plenary, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) warns the European Commission against the EU’s chronic lack of investment and highlights five political priorities for an ambitious European Semester based on investments, the single market and sustainable growth.
Today 24th of February the Russian invasion of the whole of Ukraine enters its fifth year, after four brutal years of combat, population displacement, bombings, death, injuries, war crimes and urban razing and total material destruction. It counts more than 12 years since Russia started the invasion of the Donbass.
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities