"The EESC: supports and endorses the Commission proposal to promote measures to prevent the manipulation of wholesale energy markets and to make them more transparent. This provision is based on a joint study that the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG) were asked to carry out, which highlighted a number of regulatory gaps concerning the wholesale gas and energy market; ..."
Download — Energy market integrity and transparency
"The Committee fully supports the Europe 2020 Strategy as well as the progress towards ex ante fiscal policy coordination in the European Semester and hopes that, at least for countries in the euro area, the current legislative proposals for European economic policy coordination will be the first step towards a genuine common economic policy and the full coordination of fiscal policies. ..."
"The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) expresses its solidarity with the people of the southern Mediterranean countries who are peacefully struggling for their fundamental rights and freedoms, and supports their legitimate aim of establishing stable democracies in their countries. ..."
Resolution on The situation in the southern Mediterranean countries
