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The Global Gateway

Hyväksytyt on 18/05/2022
Viite: 
REX/547-EESC-2022
Referral: 
JOIN(2021) 30 final
Rapporteur: 
Dumitru FORNEA (Workers - GR II / Romania)
Co-rapporteur: 
Violeta JELIĆ (Employers - GR I/Croatia)
Täysistunto: 
569 -
May 18, 2022 May 19, 2022

COVID-19 has shown how interconnected the world is. As part of global recovery, the EU wants to redesign how we connect the world to build forward better. The European model is about investing in both hard and soft infrastructure, in sustainable investments in digital, climate and energy, transport, health, education and research, as well as in an enabling environment guaranteeing a level-playing field.

ETSK:n lausunto: The Global Gateway

The role of Domestic Advisory Groups in monitoring the implementation of Free Trade Agreements

Hyväksytyt on 23/01/2019
Viite: 
REX/510-EESC-2018-EESC-2018-05144-00-00-AC-TRA
Rapporteur: 
Alberto MAZZOLA (Italy)

Key points:

The EU today faces an increasing demand for a constructive dialogue with civil society on trade, as seen with CETA and TTIP. Domestic advisory groups (DAG) are a great way to connect citizens with trade issues. DAG should responsibly advise on all aspects of EU Trade Agreements.

Domestic advisory groups should be advisory, consultative, institutionalized and competent to cover all provisions of FTAs.

The EESC considers that the participation of civil society in all FTAs is an indispensable element in the strategic ambitions of the external policies of the EU.

The EESC considers its participation in DAGs valuable and wishes to continue to be part of all of them.

The EESC asks budgetary authorities for an additional budget to support Domestic Advisory Groups to fulfil the expected work in terms of quantity and quality.

ETSK:n lausunto: The role of Domestic Advisory Groups in monitoring the implementation of Free Trade Agreements

Trade for all: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy

Hyväksytyt on 27/04/2016
Viite: 
REX/449-EESC-2015
Referral: 
COM(2015) 497 final
Rapporteur: 
Jonathan PEEL (United Kingdom)

The European Commission review of EU trade strategy is timely in the first year of a new Commission.

 

The intense public interest that has been aroused by the TTIP negotiations between the EU and the US demonstrates that trade is no longer an esoteric matter nor the concern of those few who are sufficiently involved to master the finer, highly technical detail that trade involves. It is now a popular issue and part of the public agenda, but because of its technicalities it is also open to wide misunderstanding.

ETSK:n lausunto: Trade for all: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy

Civil society contribution to the review of the EU-Central Asia Strategy

Hyväksytyt on 14/01/2015
Viite: 
REX/421-EESC-2014-6716
Rapporteur: 
Mr Jonathan Peel (Employers - GR I / United Kingdom)
Co-rapporteur: 
Mr Dumitru Fornea (Workers - GR II/Romania)
Täysistunto: 
504 -
Jan 21, 2015 Jan 22, 2015

The main aim of the review is to assess whether all existing priorities of the EU-Central Asia Strategy remain valid, and whether the EU should maintain its current focus on issues such as security, education, sustainable development (energy, transport and environment), and the rule of law.

Civil society contribution to the review of the EU-Central Asia Strategy

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