Opinions

  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Reference
    INT/1019-EESC-2023
    Employers - GR I
    Finland
    Plenary session number
    582
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    The way forward to deepen the single market through digitalisation

    EESC opinion: A way forward for the deepening of the Single market through digitalization
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Reference
    TEN/802-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    582
    -
    EESC opinion: Equity and efficiency considerations for maritime transportation
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 25/10/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Reference
    TEN/801-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    582
    -
    EESC opinion: Individual and collective energy self-consumption as a factor in the fight for the green and energy transition, and for economic and social balance
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/06/2023
    Reference
    TEN/816-EESC-2023-01-01
    Workers - GR II
    Poland
    Plenary session number
    581
    -
    EESC opinion: Minimum breaks and rest periods for occasional passenger transport
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/04/2023
    Reference
    ECO/622-EESC-2023
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    581
    -

    The EESC welcomes the simpler and more transparent economic governance framework, the reduction of the pro-cyclical bias, the improvement in national ownership and strengthened enforcement, the differentiation and more tailored fiscal adjustment path of each Member State, based on a common-risk framework. However, the Committee proposes replacing the requirement obliging any Member State with a budget deficit of over 3% to cut that deficit by an average of 0.5% of GDP annually, and emphasises that the "technical trajectory" should be first in the hands of national governments and, at a second stage, be the result of a technical dialogue with the European Commission In due course. In due time, but by 2026 at the latest, an EU fiscal capacity should be established to meet at least some of the investment needs for common priorities and to allow Member States the fiscal space to meet the fiscal costs of the multiple transitions.

    EESC opinion: New economic governance rules fit for the future
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 21/03/2023
    Reference
    REX/576-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Cyprus
    Workers - GR II
    Poland
    Plenary session number
    581
    -
    EESC opinion: Joint communication on the update of the EU Maritime Security Strategy and its Action Plan: An enhanced EU Maritime Security Strategy for evolving maritime threats
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 21/02/2023
    Reference
    REX/573-EESC-2023
    Plenary session number
    581
    -
    EESC opinion: EU Global Health Strategy - Better health for all in a changing world
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Reference
    REX/570-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece
    Employers - GR I
    Bulgaria
    Plenary session number
    581
    -
    EESC opinion: Water Politics: Between Desertification and Securitization - Time for a Blue Diplomacy
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/01/2023
    Reference
    SOC/762-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Romania
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    581
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    EESC opinion: Civil society support and funding in the area of fundamental rights, the rule of law and democracy
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 21/09/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/12/2022
    Reference
    ECO/616-EESC-2023-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    Spain
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    581
    -

    The EESC supports the digital euro project, while underlining the importance of a clear European legal framework able to establish the exceptional possibility of temporary exemptions for certain payees, and to harmonise practices and standards that vary from one Member State to another. It is essential to ensure that the digital euro does not negatively impact financial stability or the lending potential of credit institutions. The EESC encourages a broad public debate on the reasons for possible issuance of a digital euro, its merits and drawbacks, in order to make informed decisions and ensure public understanding of the project.

    EESC opinion: A digital euro and the scope and effects of the legal tender status of banknotes and coins