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.
On 13 January the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) of the European Economic and Social committee (EESC) held its inaugural meeting to welcome new members and adopt the 2021work programme.
The CCMI president, Pietro Francesco De Lotto, vice-president Monika Sitarova and the EESC's members and external delegates, whose term of office runs from November 2020 to November 2025, adopted the CCMI's Political Guidelines and Work Programme for 2021 unanimously.
To discuss ways to accelerate action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a sustainable recovery, the EESC Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment held a debate on 15 December in connection with the Europe Sustainable Development Report 2020, published on 8 December. The report is a joint initiative by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), in collaboration with the EESC.
Al webinar organizzatodallacommissioneconsultiva per le trasformazioniindustriali (CCMI), membri del CESE, delegatiesterni e partiinteressate del settoreminerariohannovalutatol'impattodellenuovetecnologienellaproduzionesostenibile di materie prime, evidenziandone i benefici, i limiti e i potenzialirischi sul piano
Emergency measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have taken a heavy toll on Europe’s civil society. Although mostly justifiable and necessary to save lives, these measures should never offer a carte blanche to governments to turn what was initially an urgent response into the permanent demise of the rule of law. So finds a recent EESC hearing.
