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Boosting long-term inclusive growth through reforms and investment

Opinion
Ongoing (updated on 07/12/2023)
Reference: 
ECO/630-EESC-2023-04451
Rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II/Spain), Luca JAHIER (Diversity Europe - GR III/Italy), Wautier ROBYNS DE SCHNEIDAUER (Employers - GR I/Belgium) (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Plenary session: 
586 -
Mar 20, 2024 Mar 21, 2024

At the request of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the EESC is drawing up this opinion to suggest recommendations on how to tackle inequalities, foster upwards social convergence and strengthen social security systems and ensure its long-term affordability, in an EU economic governance framework/European Semester defined around debt sustainability, productive investments and reforms. This opinion is also focusing on the implications of such a framework for the European Semester, and the further strengthening of the social pillar herein. Finally, the opinion also looks at ways of continuing to further develop fiscal instruments that have a stabilising role at the European level, based e.g. on the experience of SURE.

Towards an appropriate European legal framework for social economy enterprises (own-initiative opinion)

Opinion
Adopted on 19/06/2019
Reference: 
INT/871-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Alain COHEUR (Diversity Europe - GR III / Belgium)

The opinion examines the possible introduction of a new concept into EU law: "low-profit". This concept would define all organisations that are likely to make a profit but that do not intend to distribute it to their owners or shareholders, as they have a different purpose.

EESC opinion: Towards an appropriate European legal framework for social economy enterprises (own-initiative opinion)

Funding the European Pillar of Social Rights (own-initiative opinion)

Opinion
Adopted on 18/04/2018
Reference: 
ECO/457-EESC-2018-00927-00-00-ac-tra
Rapporteur: 
Anne DEMELENNE (Belgium)

Making a reality of the European Pillar of Social Rights (the "Social Pillar")  will require improvements in Member States and a robust budgetary base, investment and current spending.

More public investment within Member States can be facilitated by reference to a Golden Rule for public investment with a social objective, which would allow more flexibility in budget rules with a view to achieving the aims of the European Pillar of Social Rights. More public investment can also be supported by the use of existing EU instruments, especially the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), and by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). This support should explicitly include objectives linked to the Social Pillar.

Appropriate taxation policies, including effective fight against tax fraud, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning, should allow Member States and the EU to raise additional means to contribute to the financing of the Social Pillar.

EESC opinion: Funding the European Pillar of Social Rights (own-initiative opinion)

29/09/2023
Civil Society Organisations' Group proud to complement work on resilient and sustainable food systems with photo exhibition in Spain
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The Civil Society Organisations' Group organised a photography exhibition in collaboration with the City of Culture of Galicia in the framework of its conference on EU food sovereignty: the role of agriculture, fisheries and consumers. The subject of the exhibition supported and complemented the Group's and the EESC's work on resilient and sustainable European food systems. The Group invited the Galician artist, Adrián Baúlde, to present parts of the series Mariscadoras.

08/05/2023
An effective social dialogue requires political will and commitment
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The EESC describes the Commission's proposals for strengthening social dialogue in Member States and the EU as both timely and necessary, but calls for additional steps. Action is needed on improving national consultations with the social partners, national and European collective bargaining coverage and the implementation of social partner agreements

 

Social Affairs
17/03/2023
Social rights and economic freedoms can co-exist
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The Social Progress Protocol, proposed during the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), gives precedence to social, workers' and trade union rights when they are in conflict with economic freedoms. However, while everyone agreed that social rights and economic freedoms can co-exist, support for making the protocol primary EU law is far from unanimous, with diverging views among the social partners and in the academic community, an EESC hearing confirmed

Social Affairs
Fundamental and Citizens Rights

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