Opinions

  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    ECO/348-EESC-2013-01-01-3043
    Plenary session number
    490
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    The Committee gives a guarded welcome to the two communications from the Commission on the introduction of a Competitiveness and Convergence Instrument and on ex-ante coordination of plans for major economic policy reforms. It is disappointing that they provide little additional detail to the concepts already outlined in the Blueprint, which therefore renders assessment difficult. While these two proposals could be a help to Member States in difficulty, restoring growth and capacity to the most needy areas may be hampered or delayed because the focus of concern is that the measures taken must also benefit the euro area as a whole. The Committee questions the added value of a CCI and the additional bureaucratic burden that the proposed ex-ante coordination may bring. The EESC wishes to continue the debate as developments evolve.

    CCI / Major economic policy reforms
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    INT/696-EESC-2013-01-01-3340
    Plenary session number
    490
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    EESC opinion: Customs Code
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    INT/694-EESC-2013-01-01-3335
    Plenary session number
    490
    -
    EESC opinion: Prices of medicinal products for human use
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    SOC/485-EESC-2013-01-01-3206
    Workers - GR II
    Portugal
    Plenary session number
    490
    -
    The EESC agrees with the Commission on the need to change the rules of the Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds, but regrets that the funds for the Initiative for Youth Employment do not result from a strengthening of the EU budget but are taken from the overall budget for cohesion. The Committee is also convinced that the foreseen amount, i.e. € 6 billion, is insufficient given the magnitude of the problem and the urgency to solve it. Finally, the Committee reiterates that the maximum age giving access to the Youth Guarantee should be increased to 30 years to cover for people who are still in a transition phase from education to employment.
    EESC opinion: Youth Guarantee (ESF)
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    TEN/513-EESC-2013-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    Ireland
    Plenary session number
    490
    -
    Network and information security across the Union
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    TEN/512-EESC-2013-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    Ireland
    Plenary session number
    490
    -
    Digital Agenda Mid-Term Review
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    SOC/483-EESC-2013-2662
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Romania
    Plenary session number
    490
    -
    EESC opinion: Smart border package
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    REX/372-EESC-2013-2417
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    France
    Plenary session number
    490
    -

    The opinion of the EESC should consider different options and scenarios for post-2015 and develop proposals on how to involve civil society more extensively in the process.

    A Decent life for All: Ending poverty and giving the world a sustainable future
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    SC/38-EESC-2013-1566
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    Workers - GR II
    Greece
    Plenary session number
    490
    -

    It is time to build the social pillar of the EMU within the framework of a social Europe, without which citizens' adhesion to the European project as a whole will remain at risk. The EESC recommends to launch a new European Social Action Programme with tangible measures to develop social governance and participatory ownership of the European project. The EESC would propose two new exploratory initiatives: - The issuance of European Social Bonds financed, owned, managed and supervised transparently by civil society stakeholders; - The setting-up of a European Education Network for Unemployed Workers.

    EESC opinion: Subcommittee - For a social dimension of the European Economic and Monetary Union
  • Usvojeno on 22/05/2013
    Referentni dokument
    INT/685-EESC-2013-01-01-1607
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Plenary session number
    490
    -
    EESC opinion: Market surveillance