24 February, 2.45 pm DubravkaŠuica, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, will bring the EESC up to speed on the Conference on the Future of Europe, which looks set to begin soon with the end of the stalemate over the presidency and the Council position out in the open.
25 February, 10 am Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration, will hear the findings of a pan-European EESC investigation into the Involvement of organised civil society in the national recovery and resilience plans– What works and what does not? An EESCresolution flagging areas where more civil society engagement would make for better national plans will be put to the vote straight after the debate.
25 February, 11 am The EESC plenary will review the Committee's role and action during the COVID-19 pandemic and celebrate the impressive solidarity demonstrated by civil society across Europe in its many forms through the winners of the EESCCivil Solidarity Prize.
On behalf of the European Economic and Social Committee I want to congratulate Ms NgoziOkonjo-Iweala on her appointment as Director-General of the World Trade Organization and I wish her a successful mandate. This appointment in itself brings wind of a much awaited change and marks a historic achievement.
Nel corso di una tavolarotonda ad alto livelloorganizzata dal Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE), i membri del Comitato e le partiinteressatehannosottolineato che la ristrutturazioneediliziapotrebbeaiutarel'Europa a usciredallacrisi, ma che essadeveessereaccompagnata da misure per affrontare il problema
Despite being a party to the Aarhus Convention since 2005, the European Union is still not fully complying with its "access to justice" provisions. In its opinion adopted on 27 January, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomes the Commission's proposal to revise the EU Aarhus Regulation as a step forward in improving access to administrative and judicial review procedures in environmental matters for citizens and NGOs. However, the Commission does not go far enough. Civil society organisations are asking the EU for stronger enforcement mechanisms to deliver effectively on the Aarhus Convention and on the European Green Deal.
In response to the Commission Communication Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) reaffirms that the Commission's decision to raise the EU's ambition on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030 is the right one. However, in its opinion Stepping up Europe's climate ambition, the EESC insists on increasing efforts to achieve the intermediate targets, speeding up the process and placing the European citizens at the centre of climate action. Failing this, the EU will be at risk of missing its climate-neutral goal by 2050.
Secondo il Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE), è necessariaun'economiapiùrispettosadell'ambiente e piùequa, e la strategiadell'UE per l'idrogenopulitooffreun'opportunità per realizzareproprioquestoobiettivo.
Il Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE) si schiera a sostegnodellastrategiadellaCommissione per un sistemaenergeticointegrato, ma avverte che la questionedellasicurezzadell'approvvigionamento sulla base di energieverdirimaneirrisolta.
Olivier De Schutter, inviatospecialedell'ONU per la lottaallapovertà, è intervenutoallasessioneplenaria di gennaio del Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE) per presentare le conclusionidellamissione da lui svoltapresso le istituzionidell'UE.
Nel corso di un dibattito con la Commissaria europea per gli Affari interni Ylva Johansson durante la sessione plenaria, il Comitato economico e sociale europeo (CESE) ha accolto con favore il nuovo patto sulla migrazione e l'asilo, ma ne ha criticato la mancanza di ambizione e di coraggio. Troppo incentrato sulle frontiere e sui rimpatri, il patto non propone un numero sufficiente di soluzioni praticabili per un approccio alla gestione della migrazione basato sulla solidarietà.In a debate with EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson at its plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomed the New Pact on Migration and Asylum but criticised its lack of ambition and boldness. Too focused on borders and returns, the Pact proposes too few feasible solutions for a solidarity-based approach to migration management
In its opinion on the Euro area's economic policy for 2021, the European Economic and Social Committee welcomes the Commission's recommendations, but calls for a shift in fiscal rules towards a more prosperity-oriented form of economic governance, including a golden rule for public investment.
