This exploratory opinion was requested by the European Parliament with a view to a forthcoming Commission initiative on fair minimum wages. The question of Decent minimum wages across Europe is a complex and sensitive issue. It is important that any EU action is based on accurate analysis and understanding of the situation and sensitivities in the Member States and fully respects the social partners' role and autonomy, as well as the different industrial relations models.
Euroopa roheline kokkulepe
11. detsembril 2019 esitles Euroopa Komisjon Euroopa rohelist kokkulepet, korrates ELi võetud kohustust tegeleda kliima- ja keskkonnaprobleemidega, mis on selle põlvkonna jaoks määrava tähtsusega ülesanne. Euroopa rohelise kokkuleppe eesmärk on muuta EL nüüdisaegseks, ressursitõhusaks ja konkurentsivõimeliseks majanduseks, tagades et
- kasvuhoonegaaside netoheide kaob 2050. aastaks;
- majanduskasv muutub ressursikasutusest sõltumatuks;
- ühtegi inimest ega kohta ei jäeta kõrvale.
Euroopa rohelise kokkuleppe täitmiseks viib EL ellu ulatusliku algatuste paketi, mis hõlmab poliitilisi ja seadusandlikke ettepanekuid ning rahastamisvahendite väljatöötamist ja ajakohastamist.
Komitee on kutsunud üles sõlmima rohelist ja sotsiaalset kokkulepet, rõhutades tihedat seost rohelise kokkuleppe ja sotsiaalse õigluse vahel. Selleks et homsed kestlikud ja konkurentsivõimelised ettevõtted saaksid edeneda tervislikus keskkonnas, on oluline kuulda kõigi sidusrühmade häält.
Euroopa rohelises kokkuleppes pandi suurt rõhku investeeringutele ning rohe- ja kestliku ülemineku rahastamisele. Roheline kokkulepe on Euroopa peamine vahend COVID-19 pandeemiast väljumiseks. Euroopa rohelist kokkulepet rahastatakse ühe kolmandikuga taasterahastu „NextGenerationEU“ taastekava 1,8 triljoni euro suurustest investeeringutest ja ELi seitsmeaastasest eelarvest. Rahastamisvõimaluste suurendamise eesmärk on muuta kriis võimaluseks Euroopa tulevik ümber kujundada.
Komiteel on oluline roll Euroopa rohelise kokkuleppe algatuste ja meetmete rakendamise järelevalves. Komitee koostab arvamusi ja korraldab tegevusi (vt selle lehekülje vasakus servas olevat kõrvalmenüüd) eesmärgiga tagada, et ELi institutsioonid võtavad arvesse organiseeritud kodanikuühiskonna seisukohti ning rohelise kokkuleppe algatused on kooskõlas majandusliku, sotsiaalse ja ühiskondliku olukorraga kohapeal.
Kuna Euroopa roheline kokkulepe on olemuselt valdkonnaülene ja kõikehõlmav, käsitlevad seda kõik komitee sektsioonid ja CCMI.
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The Commission's new Circular Economy Action Plan focuses on sustainable products, less waste, product value chains, and circularity in regions and cities, and the global level.
This EESC opinion will respond to the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on establishing a European Climate Law and it will look into the role of citizens in driving the transformation towards climate neutrality.
The opinion will provide guidance on how to build on existing structures like citizens' dialogues and assemblies, social dialogue committees in order to structure and mainstream the dialogue with civil society. It will also make recommendations about how to encourage information sharing and public understanding of climate action; how to create real and virtual spaces for exchange on climate and how to build capacity to facilitate grassroots initiatives, among others.
Disruptions like coronavirus (COVID-19) threaten to bring the world economy and social life to a standstill. Its impacts include recessions in the USA, the EU, Japan and other regions of the world, extremely slow growth in China and huge losses in terms of output. Governments have to offset economic damage with fiscal and monetary policies and cope with the expected changes of the economic paradigm. The EESC stresses the need for efficient business models and trade defence mechanisms, in particular with regard to Asia, and notes that 36 million jobs in the EU depend on the EU's exporting potential, and that the share of EU employment supported by sales of goods and services to the rest of the world in relation to total employment increased from 10.1% in 2000 to 15.3% in 2017. The fiscal, economic and social response to the crisis is necessary for preventing its negative impact on these and other sectors.
EMSK arvamus: Fostering competitiveness, innovation, growth and job creation by advancing in global regulatory cooperation, by supporting a renewed multilateral trading scheme and by reducing market-distorting subsidies (own-initiative opinion)
The unprecedented magnitude of the COVID crisis requires an unprecedented, long-term and unequivocal response. International trade is a vital tool to finance recovery ge get out of the crisis. In these efforts, the EU must stay true to its values and ensure the protection of businesses, workers and people, leaving no one behind. Recovery must be based on sustainability, and inclusive and green growth. Green Deal measures are therefore more relevant than ever.
The transition to a low-carbon economy is the EU's goal and obligation and the EU committed itself to implement this transition in a socially just and cost-effective manner. It is thus important to examine all the feasible ways of financing climate neutrality, and possibly find new and innovative financing models in the near future.
The coronavirus outbreak will have a deep and negative impact on the achievement of the SDGs and the objectives of the European Green Deal. For this reason, the EESC insists on the need to face this urgent threat as soon as possible and focus our recovery efforts without undue delay on the SDGs and the Green Deal. The Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) is the first comprehensive policy measure to fulfil very ambitious targets of carbon neutrality until 2050 in line with the EU Green Deal. While saluting the Green Deal's ambitions, the EESC regrets the lack of consistency with the budgetary allocation within the next Multiannual Financial Framework and also expresses its doubts about the effectiveness of climate mainstreaming in all EU programmes and calls on the Member States to involve civil society organisations in pushing for climate-proof EU spending.