At its July plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an opinion on the latest annual report issued by the European Commission on the implementation of free trade agreements (FTAs), covering 2018. The EESC outlines the key role of trade in "promoting a sustainable economic recovery and allowing companies to rebuild and re-organise their disrupted value chains". At the same time, it regrets that civil society's monitoring work remains "largely absent" from the implementation report.
Fostering competitiveness, innovation and job creation should be a priority in global regulatory cooperation through a renewed multilateral trading scheme, says the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in its opinion, initiated by Georgi Stoev and Thomas Student and adopted by the EESC plenary in July.
The new, long-awaited, five-year strategy should be updated and implemented without delay, to help prevent any further erosion of gender equality caused by the pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has created the conditions for circular products and services to become the norm in Europe, says the EESC. In a recent opinion on the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan, the EESC urges lawmakers to ensure the circular economy finds a place and resources in the overall "greenprint" for Europe's recovery.
En su respuesta al Libro Blanco de la Comisión Europea sobre la inteligencia artificial, que se aprobó en el pleno del CESE del 16 de julio, el Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) señala que el reconocimiento biométrico para las aplicaciones de rastreo no debería tener cabida en el enfoque antropocéntrico europeo de la inteligencia artificial (IA).
Por primera vez, tenemos una auténtica estrategia que puede servir para que Europa reafirme su soberanía industrial, afirma el CESE en su dictamen recientemente adoptado sobre la propuesta deUn nuevo modelo de industria para Europa. Pero todavía sigue siendo necesario un plan de acción claro con medidas prácticas a corto, medio y largo plazo para que se logren sus objetivos.
La lucha contra el cambio climático y los retos relacionados con el medio ambiente se han convertido en una prioridad fundamental de la UE. Del cambio climático a la emergencia climática, la UE necesita realizar cambios sustanciales para fomentar una economía del bienestar y un futuro que sea sostenible y más limpio, seguro y saludable.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) says that completing key EU transport corridors is vital, but that obstacles persist at national level which could be largely overcome by involving civil society organisations early on.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) backs a number of Commission proposals to speed up European recovery, underlining that the involvement of civil society organisations is essential.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) underlines the fact that taxes on carbon dioxide emissions will not be enough to reduce CO2 sufficiently and says that there is a need to adopt a symmetrical approach to taxation that promotes the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.
