24 February, 2.45 pm DubravkaŠuica, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, will bring the EESC up to speed on the Conference on the Future of Europe, which looks set to begin soon with the end of the stalemate over the presidency and the Council position out in the open.
25 February, 10 am Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration, will hear the findings of a pan-European EESC investigation into the Involvement of organised civil society in the national recovery and resilience plans– What works and what does not? An EESCresolution flagging areas where more civil society engagement would make for better national plans will be put to the vote straight after the debate.
25 February, 11 am The EESC plenary will review the Committee's role and action during the COVID-19 pandemic and celebrate the impressive solidarity demonstrated by civil society across Europe in its many forms through the winners of the EESCCivil Solidarity Prize.
On behalf of the European Economic and Social Committee I want to congratulate Ms NgoziOkonjo-Iweala on her appointment as Director-General of the World Trade Organization and I wish her a successful mandate. This appointment in itself brings wind of a much awaited change and marks a historic achievement.
At a high-level roundtable held by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Committee members and stakeholders stressed that renovation could help Europe emerge from the crisis, but that it needs to be accompanied by measures on poverty.
A pesar de constituirse como una de las partes del Convenio de Aarhus en 2005, la Unión Europea sigue sin cumplir plenamente sus disposiciones en lo referente al «acceso a la justicia». En su Dictamen aprobado el 27 de enero, el Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) acoge favorablemente la propuesta de la Comisión de revisar la aplicación del Reglamento de Aarhus en la UE como un paso adelante para mejorar el acceso de los ciudadanos y las ONG a los procedimientos de recurso administrativo y judicial en materia de medio ambiente. Sin embargo, la Comisión no va lo suficientemente lejos. Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil piden a la UE unos mecanismos de ejecución más potentes para cumplir eficazmente el Convenio de Aarhus y el Pacto Verde Europeo.
In response to the Commission Communication Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) reaffirms that the Commission's decision to raise the EU's ambition on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030 is the right one. However, in its opinion Stepping up Europe's climate ambition, the EESC insists on increasing efforts to achieve the intermediate targets, speeding up the process and placing the European citizens at the centre of climate action. Failing this, the EU will be at risk of missing its climate-neutral goal by 2050.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) stresses that a greener and fairer economy is needed and that the EU Clean Hydrogen Strategy provides an opportunity to achieve exactly that.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is throwing its support behind the Commission's strategy for an integrated energy system but warns that the issue of security of supply using green energy sources remains unsolved.
The UN's special envoy on poverty, Olivier De Schutter, participated in the January plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), revealing the conclusions of his mission to the EU institutions. Despite growth and stability, poverty still remains an issue, leaving some 92 million people at risk.
En un debate mantenido durante el pleno con la comisaria europea de Asuntos de Interior, Ylva Johansson, el Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) valoró positivamente el nuevo Pacto sobre Migración y Asilo, aunque también criticó su falta de ambición y audacia. Excesivamente enfocado hacia las fronteras y los retornos, el Pacto propone muy pocas soluciones viables para adoptar un planteamiento solidario de la gestión migratoria.
In its opinion on the Euro area's economic policy for 2021, the European Economic and Social Committee welcomes the Commission's recommendations, but calls for a shift in fiscal rules towards a more prosperity-oriented form of economic governance, including a golden rule for public investment.
