The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
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The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
According to the EESC, the Commission's Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights is both timely and necessary to thwart the threat of inequalities deepening across Europe in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Il Comitato economico e sociale europeo (CESE) saluta la nuova strategia dell'UE per i diritti delle persone con disabilità come un passo avanti verso l'attuazione della convenzione ONU sui diritti di queste persone (UNCRPD). Il CESE si compiace del fatto che tale strategia abbia recepito molte delle proposte avanzate dal CESE stesso, dal movimento europeo delle persone con disabilità e dalla società civile, ad esempio per quanto attiene alla piena armonizzazione della nuova agenda e a un migliore monitoraggio a livello UE della sua applicazione, ma esprime preoccupazione per l'attenuarsi delle misure obbligatorie e della normativa vincolante ai fini della fase attuativa.
People should enjoy the local rate when using their mobile phones wherever they are in the EU, said the European Economic and Social Committee in a recently adopted opinion on a proposed overhaul of the EU roaming rules.
Il Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE) afferma che un finanziamentoefficace e una solidagestione dei rischisonoessenziali per la raccolta di fondi sui mercati dei capitali, sottolinea che la Commissionedevegestiredirettamente la strategia di assunzione di prestiti e raccomandal'istituzione di un comitatoconsultivo in cui siano
Highlights of the July plenary • 7 July : Tim Jackson, Fabrice Murtin, Sandrine Dixson and James Watson : A post-Covid economy that works for all - Towards a well-being economy? • 7 July : Jayant Narayan, World Economic Forum's Global AI Action Alliance• 8 July: Anže Logar : Priorities of the incoming Slovenian presidency of the EU.
Nel corso dellatavolarotonda di espertiorganizzata dal Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE), i partecipantihannosottolineato che i cittadinieuropeiotterranno un vantaggioconcretodallacombinazione di diversimezzi di trasportoaereo, marittimo e terrestre solo se sonoaffidabili, flessibili e non costosi.
Health, education and economic measures imposed by EU Member States during the COVID crisis have largely failed to protect Roma communities by not taking into account their extreme poverty and by not giving them priority in public health and vaccination strategies
Statement by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
The EESC condemns in the strongest terms the attempt by Hungarian lawmakers to assimilate homosexuality with paedophilia in amendments that represent a new wave of legislative stigmatisation of LGBTIQ persons in the country.
On 17 June, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and its Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) held a spirited debate examining the views of organised civil society following the publication of the European Commission's Update to the New Industrial Strategy. The debate, which is the first in a series of joint activities by EESC sections on the topic, questioned whether the updated strategy contains sufficient elements to enhance EU industry's resilience and strategic autonomy.