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Rule of law and the recovery fund (own-initiative opinion - FRRL)

Adopted on 19/01/2022
Reference: 
SOC/692-EESC-2021
Rapporteur: 
Christian BÄUMLER (Workers - GR II / Germany)

In 2018, the EESC adopted an Opinion on "The Union's budget and the rule of law" (SOC/598) in which it supported the principle of corrective measures regarding Member States that commit serious violations of the rule of law in Europe. In the present Own-Initiative Opinion, the EESC insists on the actual implementation of Regulation (EU) 2020/2092 "on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget". The EESC demands the imposition of swift and comprehensive sanctions for breaches of the rule of law which put the Union's budget at risk. It also recalls the importance for Member States to integrate measures to strengthen the rule of law in their recovery programmes. The EESC also supports a stronger role for the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and civil society in the area.

EESC opinion: Rule of law and the recovery fund (own-initiative opinion - FRRL)

European democracy action plan

Adopted on 09/06/2021
Reference: 
SOC/672-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2020) 790 final
Rapporteur: 
Carlos Manuel TRINDADE (Workers - GR II / Portugal)
Co-rapporteur: 
Andris GOBIŅŠ (Diversity Europe - GR III/Latvia)

This opinion is the EESC's contribution to the implementation of the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) published by the European Commission in December 2020. The EESC welcomes the document, which it views as both positive and necessary, and recommends that the European Commission add to it a specific pillar for the involvement of civil society and social partners and the promotion of labour democracy. Indeed, the EESC regrets that the EDAP has failed to address the important role of the social contract, social dialogue and collective bargaining in reducing inequalities and encouraging Europeans to embrace democratic ideals. The EESC also believes that greater emphasis should be placed on civil dialogue, and it therefore reiterates its call for the creation of an annual Civil Society Forum on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (SOC/627).

EESC opinion: European democracy action plan

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