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Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

Adottati on 20/02/2019
Riferimento: 
ECO/481-EESC-2018-05434
Referral: 
COM(2018) 770 final
Rapporteur: 
Anne DEMELENNE (Belgium)

The EESC welcomes the reforms aimed at increasing high-quality investment and productivity growth, inclusiveness and institutional quality, and to ensure macro-financial stability and sound public finances. The EESC also welcomes the recognition of the need for investment focused on education and training and the need to strengthen the EU’s social dimension. However, it remains to be specified how these objectives are to be achieved. The EESC underlines that progress is very slow and proposals often rather modest in areas where new policies have been proposed, including fair taxation, the banking union and the functioning of the euro area. Moreover, the EESC recognises the importance of addressing climate change but measures so far adopted remain insufficient.

 

Parere del CESE: Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

Economic and monetary union package

Adottati on 18/04/2018
Riferimento: 
ECO/446-EESC-2017-05489-00-00-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2017) 821 final COM(2017) 822 final COM(2017) 823 final COM(2017) 824 final 2017/0335 CNSCOM(2017) 827 final 2017/0333 APPCOM(2017) 827 final 2017/0333 APP
Rapporteur: 
Mihai IVAŞCU (Romania)
Co-rapporteur: 
Stefano PALMIERI (Workers - GR II/Italy)

The EESC appreciates the proposed roadmap for completing the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) but its support is not full and enthusiastic, since a number of social, political and economic issues, highlighted in our previous opinions, were not taken into consideration. The completion of the EMU requires first of all strong political commitment, efficient governance and better use of the available finances, in order to actually cope with both risk reduction and risk sharing among Member States. For these reasons the EESC underlines that the principles of responsibility and solidarity at EU level should go hand in hand.

Parere del CESE: Economic and monetary union package

Employment guidelines

Adottati on 14/03/2018
Riferimento: 
SOC/558-EESC-2017-00759-00-01-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2017) 677 final 2017/0305 NLECOM(2017) 677 final 2017/0305 NLE
Rapporteur: 
Michael MCLOUGHLIN (Diversity Europe - GR III / Ireland)

This opinion is on the revision of the Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, which provide common priorities and targets for employment policies of the Member States.

The European Commission has proposed to amend the 2015 Guidelines, to align the text with the principles of the European pillar of social rights.

They are adopted in the context of the European Employment Strategy, and form, together with the Guidelines for the Economic Policies of the Member States and of the EU, the Integrated Guidelines.

Parere del CESE: Employment guidelines

Euro area economic policy (2018)

Adottati on 18/01/2018
Riferimento: 
ECO/444-EESC-2017-05444-00-00-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2017) 770 final
Rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II / Spain)

The EESC notes that although economic recovery in the euro area has gathered pace since last year, it remains incomplete and atypical. It disagrees with the European Commission's proposal for an overall broadly neutral fiscal stance and instead proposes a positive fiscal stance of around 0.5% of GDP. It welcomes structural reforms that will not only increase productivity and growth potential, but also support the creation of quality jobs and reduce inequality. It supports the necessary steps for deepening the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), as well as the measures against tax fraud and tax avoidance.

Parere del CESE: Euro area economic policy (2018)

Impact of the social dimension and the European Pillar of Social Rights on the Future of the European Union

Adottati on 19/10/2017
Riferimento: 
SOC/564-EESC-2017-02692-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2017) 206 final COM(2017) 206 final COM(2017) 206 final COM(2017) 250 final COM(2017) 251 final
Rapporteur: 
Gabriele BISCHOFF (Germany)
Co-rapporteur: 
Jukka AHTELA (Finland)

Delivering on balanced economic growth and social progress should be the guiding principle for the debate on the social dimension of Europe. A clear road map for the implementation of European Pillar of Social Rights is advisable with clear assignment of tasks coupled with accountability. The social dimension debate is connected to the debate on deepening the EMU. Social policy has to be embedded in a different EU economic policy. A strong EU can shape globalisation and digitalisation to the benefit of all.

Parere del CESE: Impact of the social dimension and the European Pillar of Social Rights on the Future of the European Union

The transition towards a more sustainable European future – a strategy for 2050 (own-initiative opinion)

Adottati on 18/10/2017
Riferimento: 
SC/47-EESC-2016-06805
Rapporteur: 
Brenda KING (United Kingdom)
Co-rapporteur: 
Lutz RIBBE (Diversity Europe - GR III/Germany)

This own-initiative opinion is a joint proposal of the two EESC bodies with a cross cutting and horizontal approach: the SDO and the Europe 2020 Steering Committee (SC).

Parere del CESE: The transition towards a more sustainable European future – a strategy for 2050 (own-initiative opinion)

2017 Annual Growth Survey

Adottati on 22/02/2017
Riferimento: 
SC/46-EESC-2016-05339-00-01-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2016) 725 final
Rapporteur: 
Etele BARÁTH (Hungary)

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) endorses the priorities set out in the European Commission's 2017 Annual Growth Survey.

The European Semester is seen as a good instrument for further progress in policies and reform, leading to recovery and employment. The AGS 2017 outlines the most pressing economic and social priorities, accompanied by specific recommendations, however the EESC takes very seriously the negative aspects of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact and Country-Specific Recommendations applied at national level to set the euro area fiscal stance.

Parere del CESE: 2017 Annual Growth Survey

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