The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) calls on the EU and Member States to implement more concrete measures to support the health, housing and financial needs of the growing number people taking on long-term caregiving responsibilities of a family member.
In an own-initiative opinion, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has called for the EU to adopt a comprehensive approach to providing more support and faster treatment for rare disease patients.
Ces critiques, portées par la société civile, concernent essentiellement les questions de légitimité, de cohérence et de transparence de ce système d’arbitrage. Il faut élaborer un nouveau modèle de gouvernance des investissements internationaux qui comble l’écart important entre, d’une part, le système d’investissement, et, d’autre part, la protection efficace des droits des travailleurs et de l’environnement.
Millions of construction workers risk getting cancer from asbestos exposure during the EU-wide building renovation wave. To better protect them, organised civil society has called for stricter exposure limits than the European Commission proposes in its amended Asbestos at Work Directive.
Additional measures proposed by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) would strengthen a European Commission proposal aimed at countering abusive lawsuits against those who contribute to public debate on topical issues, including journalists and rights defenders. These measures include the introduction of preliminary rulings, time limits, or exclusion of the possibility for a person other than the plaintiff to fund legal action.
Dans un avis d’initiative, le Comité économique et social européen (CESE) recommande de promouvoir le recours à la dette hybride pour financer les PME, de manière à diversifier les sources de financement et à réduire la dépendance à l’égard des prêts bancaires, tout en encourageant les investissements et en soutenant l’union des marchés des capitaux.
In this own-initiative opinion approved during its October plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) supports the European Central Bank (ECB) in its assessment of the risks and benefits of introducing a digital euro. The EESC believes the adoption of a digital euro will benefit everyone in the euro area by making payment transactions quicker and more efficient, but financial and digital inclusiveness will be crucial for its potential roll-out. The EESC will continue to follow the work of the ECB as it considers the design of a possible digital euro.
In an own-initiative opinion, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) highlighted the many benefits of a green EU strategy for expanding plant protein and plant oil production and proposed how that strategy should look. These benefits include reducing the EU’s dependence on imports and a contribution to the development of rural areas.
On eve of COP27, EESC plenary to urge joint action to avert existential threat.
26 October, 2.30 to 7.30 pm; 27 October, 9 am to 1 pm - Charlemagne building
Dans le prolongement de la Semaine européenne de l’égalité des genres tenue au Parlement européen (du 24 au 30 octobre) sous l’égide de sa vice-présidente, Evelyn Regner, le Comité économique et social européen (CESE), qui soutient cette initiative, prévoit l’organisation, par les différentes sections, d’une série de débats thématiques.
