ByArnaud SCHWARTZ, EESC rapporteur of the opinion 'EU Bioeconomy strategy - Towards a circular, regenerative and competitive bioeconomy' and member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the 'France Nature Environnement' (FNE)
The EESC March plenary saw the adoption of an exploratory opinion on housing at the request of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU which calls for more ambitious initiatives from the European institutions while recognising that the competence must remain national, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.
By Nuno SERRA, member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Portuguese National Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives and Agricultural Credit (Confagri)
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposals to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, stressing that simplification must strengthen competitiveness without weakening fundamental rights, social standards or legal certainty.
