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Ongoing (updated on 31/08/2022)
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TEN/772-EESC-2022
Plenary session: 
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Sep 21, 2022 Sep 22, 2022

Information memo: Co-creation of services of general interest as a contribution to a more participative democracy in the EU

Ongoing (updated on 29/08/2022)
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ECO/589-EESC
Plenary session: 
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Oct 26, 2022 Oct 27, 2022

This additional opinion on the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2022 takes into account the ongoing Semester process and provides input for the next cycle. This is particularly important this year. Since Russia´s attack on Ukraine the geopolitical landscape has dramatically changed, and policy has been quickly adapted, as reflected in the Communications on RepowerEU and Our European Growth Model. The EESC also points to the outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe, which envisages further political measures, including a convention to assess the need for Treaty changes. The Semester, which is itself undergoing a systemic change, has proved to be a credible framework for EU policy coordination during the pandemic. In the Spring Package, the implications of the war in Ukraine are again reflected comprehensively.

Ongoing (updated on 29/08/2022)
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INT/997-EESC
Plenary session: 
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Dec 14, 2022 Dec 15, 2022

The Commission is proposing an initiative which will aim to enhancing the Single Market’s resilience, by providing adequate information, coordination and communication mechanisms between EU institutions, Member States and stakeholders adapted to different phases of a crisis; providing the means to ensure such resilience including availability of products and services relevant for a certain type of crisis and guaranteeing as much as possible the free circulation of goods, services and persons.

Ongoing (updated on 25/08/2022)
Reference: 
SOC/728-EESC
Plenary session: 
572 -
Sep 21, 2022 Sep 22, 2022
Ongoing (updated on 22/08/2022)
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CCMI/198-EESC
Plenary session: 
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Dec 14, 2022 Dec 15, 2022

EU Heads of State or Government, meeting in Versailles on 11 March, committed to “bolster European defence capabilities” in light of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. They agreed to: 1) increase defence expenditures; 2) step up cooperation through joint projects; 3) close shortfalls and meet capability objectives; 4) boost innovation including through civil/military synergies; and 5) strengthen and develop our defence industry, including SMEs. Moreover, they invited “the Commission, in coordination with the European Defence Agency, to put forward an analysis of the defence investment gaps by mid-May and to propose any further initiative necessary to strengthen the European defence industrial and technological base.” The tasking was also integrated in the Strategic Compass on Security and Defence adopted by the Council and endorsed by the European Council in March 2022.

Ongoing (updated on 22/08/2022)
Reference: 
INT/999-EESC

The Cyber Resilience Act seeks to establish cybersecurity requirements for connected products and software (embedded and non-embedded). This initiative aims to address market needs and protect consumers from insecure products by introducing common cybersecurity rules for manufacturers and vendors of tangible and intangible digital products and ancillary services.

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