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The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
On 24 May in Sarajevo, the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee held its yearly external meeting - for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic - to meet with civil society organisations (CSOs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and discuss their role and concerns regarding the current situation. The conclusions will be conveyed to the country's political authorities and to the EU institutions.
The European Economic and Social Committee is calling on the European Commission to carry out more targeted impact assessments of its proposals for new EU budget funding sources to repay NextGenerationEU debt. The EESC generally agrees with the proposed EU "own resources" revenues for the budget. However, they need to be stable and fair – and should not burden households or businesses.
The EU's full range of competition policy tools - merger, antitrust and State aid control rules - and even its most basic concepts, such as market share, relevant markets and level-playing field, should be overhauled to serve the Union's climate and digital ambitions and the goal of resilience, which will require massive investment. Two new EESC opinions explain how this overhaul should be done.
The May plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted a debate led by its President Christa Schweng and the President of the European Council Charles Michel on Europe's response to this turning point in history.
Euroopan talous- ja sosiaalikomitea (ETSK) tukee komission REPowerEU-aloitetta ja korostaa, että energiavarmuuteen on liitettävä kiireellisiä toimenpiteitä haavoittuvassa asemassa olevien käyttäjien suojelemiseksi, hiilestä irtautumisen nopeuttamiseksi ja energialähteiden diversifioimiseksi. Olisi myös pyrittävä vähentämään Venäjältä peräisin olevan kaasun kysyntää, joka on johtanut merkittävään energianhintojen nousuun.
At the meeting of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)'s Bureau in Prague, the Czech Minister for European Affairs, Mikuláš Bek, presented the priorities of the forthcoming Czech EU presidency. The minister also joined EESC members in a seminar on sustainable and affordable energy for the EU.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised for the second consecutive year a major conference to take stock of the energy poverty situation in the EU Member States, putting forward concrete proposals to tackle this important social problem.
To turn solidarity with Ukraine into concrete action, the EESC is joining the European Parliament's "civil society hub" initiative for Ukraine, allowing the NGO Promote Ukraine to use part of its premises at rue de Trèves 74, along with logistical equipment.
Toisen asteen opiskelijat kaikkialta Euroopasta esittivät kahdeksan konkreettista ehdotusta arvoista ja avoimuudesta vastaavalle Euroopan komission varapuheenjohtajalle Věra Jouroválle. Opiskelijat ottivat osaa virtuaaliseen nuorisotapahtumaan ”Sinun Eurooppasi, sinun mielipiteesi”, jonka otsikkona oli ”Totuus valheista – nuoret haastavat disinformaation”. Euroopan talous- ja sosiaalikomitea (ETSK) järjesti tapahtuman 31. maaliskuuta – 1. huhtikuuta 2022.
The European Union needs not only to improve the preparedness of its health system but also to address inequalities within the Union and globally. It needs to move quickly to assess the public health action taken to date