European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
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.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
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.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
I dtuairim uaidh a glacadh i mí Eanáir 2022, chuir CESE in iúl gur díol sásaimh dó an cuspóir atá ag an gCoimisiún Eorpach creat reatha an Aontais a shoiléiriú agus a thabhairt cothrom le dáta agus cánachas Eorpach a struchtúrú ar bhealach ina gcuirfear fuinneamh neamh-iontaise inbhuanaithe chun cinn.
Is ábhar imní do CESE freisin, áfach, an tionchar diúltach socheacnamaíoch a d’fhéadfadh a bheith ag cuid de na bearta atá le fáil sa Togra ón gCoimisiún Eorpach le haghaidh Treorach.
‘Iarraimid go mbeidh dearcadh níos solúbtha ann maidir le bithbhreoslaí inghlactha agus an cánachas a bhaineann leo’, a dúirt an rapóirtéir Stefan Back.
Molann an Coiste freisin úsáid a bhaint as an gcoincheap ‘bochtaineacht fuinnimh’, seachas ‘teaghlaigh leochaileacha’, agus iarrann sé go dtabharfar cánacha comhshaoil ar ais dóibh siúd is mó atá thíos leis, agus creideann sé i gcóras praghsála an Aontais a choigeartú chun go léireofar leis praghas gach cineáil fuinnimh.
‘Is oth le CESE freisin nach bhfuil bearta cuí chun an bhochtaineacht soghluaisteachta a sheachaint ar áireamh sa togra’, a dúirt an comhrapóirtéir Philippe Charry. (tk)