In this Opinion, the EESC stresses that the Anti-Racism Strategy 2026-2030 requires strong political commitment and calls for stronger action against racism, discrimination and xenophobia. It recommends binding mechanisms, reinforced monitoring, stricter enforcement with effective penalties, and national plans in all Member States. The EESC supports sustainable funding, including for civil society, and stronger action in housing, health, education, work and online hate.
In this opinion, the EESC acknowledges the aim of the European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy to provide a comprehensive framework for EU action. However, it considers the Strategy imbalanced, prioritising control, containment and return over a genuinely comprehensive, rights-based migration policy. It recommends that the Commission rebalance the Strategy by placing equal emphasis on regular migration pathways, integration and inclusion policies, and the protection of fundamental rights.
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In this own-initiative opinion, the EESC argues that deeper integration of the Single Market is essential to boost productivity, particularly in the services sector, which remains less integrated despite its growing economic importance.
The opinion deals with the 28th Regime legislative initiative whose purpose is to provide companies, especially innovative ones, with a single set of rules to invest more easily and operate in the Single Market.
