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The role of Civil Society Organisations as guardians of the common good in the post-pandemic recovery and reconstruction of EU societies and economies

Adottati on 18/05/2022
Riferimento: 
SOC/696-EESC-2021
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Greece)
Sessione plenaria: 
569 -
May 18, 2022 May 19, 2022

The EESC considers that engaging in dialogue with civil society and social partners constitutes an effective way for policy-makers to understand the varying needs of people belonging to different social groups. There can be no room for repression of social dialogue and civil society dialogue in the EU. Consultation processes should also be easy to find and to access. The EESC points at the potential for civil society to assist policy-makers in essential tasks such as monitoring, but that this should be accompanied with funding and technical support to enable CSOs to build capacity.

Parere del CESE: The role of Civil Society Organisations as guardians of the common good in the post-pandemic recovery and reconstruction of EU societies and economies

Initiative to extend the list of EU crimes to all forms of hate crime and hate speech

Adottati on 18/05/2022
Riferimento: 
SOC/712-EESC-2022
Referral: 
COM(2021) 777 final COM(2021) 777 final
Rapporteur: 
Cristian PÎRVULESCU (Diversity Europe - GR III / Romania)
Co-rapporteur: 
Milena ANGELOVA (Employers - GR I/Bulgaria)
Sessione plenaria: 
569 -
May 18, 2022 May 19, 2022

Through this Opinion, the EESC supports the proposal by the European Commission to extend the list of EU crimes to all forms of hate crime and hate speech. It considers that the criteria set out in Article 83(1) of the TFEU for such an extension (significant developments in the area, a cross-border dimension, the need to act on a common basis) are met. The EESC therefore encourages the Council to adopt the proposed Decision in order to allow the European Commission to set minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and penalties in this area of crime.

Parere del CESE: Initiative to extend the list of EU crimes to all forms of hate crime and hate speech

State Aid Rules Applicable to Health and Social Services SGEI in a Post Pandemic Scenario. Thoughts and Proposals on the Commission Evaluation to Amend the 2012 Legislative Package

Adottati on 18/05/2022
Riferimento: 
INT/981-EESC-2022-0394
Rapporteur: 
Giuseppe GUERINI (Diversity Europe - GR III / Italy)
Sessione plenaria: 
569 -
May 18, 2022 May 19, 2022

Health and social services such as care, helping disadvantaged individuals and those with disabilities to break back into the labour market, childcare and social housing are fundamental when it comes to guaranteeing social cohesion in the ongoing period of post-pandemic recovery, humanitarian crisis and international tensions. European rules on state aid for these services are therefore fundamental.

Parere del CESE: State Aid Rules Applicable to Health and Social Services SGEI in a Post Pandemic Scenario. Thoughts and Proposals on the Commission Evaluation to Amend the 2012 Legislative Package

A competition policy fit for new challenges

Adottati on 18/05/2022
Riferimento: 
INT/971-EESC-2022-00012
Referral: 
COM(2021) 713 final COM(2021) 713 final
Rapporteur: 
Emilie PROUZET (Employers - GR I / France)
Sessione plenaria: 
569 -
May 18, 2022 May 19, 2022

The EESC welcomes the European Commission's decision to prolong the State aid Temporary Framework stemming from the pandemic. However, these measures are too exceptional for them to be extended to the general framework and therefore become permanent.

Parere del CESE: A competition policy fit for new challenges

Security Union package/Schengen package

Adottati on 18/05/2022
Riferimento: 
SOC/710-EESC-2022
Referral: 
COM(2021) 782 final 2021/0411 CODCOM(2021) 784 final 2021/0410 CODCOM(2021) 890 final 2021/0427 CODCOM(2021) 891 final 2021/0428 COD
Rapporteur: 
Krzysztof BALON (Diversity Europe - GR III / Poland)
Sessione plenaria: 
569 -
May 18, 2022 May 19, 2022

The EESC highly appreciates the first activation of the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC in the context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The current activation of the Directive could well be used to develop solidarity mechanisms among the Member States. It strongly supports an urgent need for effective, genuine, humane – and humanitarian – common European regulations on migration, asylum and security cooperation in an open, but equally secure Schengen area, in full accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The consequences of the war are also a threat for the European model of the social market economy as well as for the freedom and rights of EU citizens and other inhabitants. The EESC encourages preserving and valuing the Schengen area as it is currently constituted, to guarantee not only the free movement of human beings, but also the functioning of the Single Market.

Parere del CESE: Security Union package/Schengen package

2021 Annual Foresight Report

Adottati on 23/03/2022
Riferimento: 
INT/958-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 750 final
Rapporteur: 
Sandra PARTHIE (Employers - GR I / Germany)
Sessione plenaria: 
568 -
Mar 23, 2022 Mar 24, 2022

The purpose of the opinion is to contribute to the further development of the foresight in the EU policy-making so to strengthen the EU's capacity and freedom to act. The opinion should ensure that EESC views are integrated in the new EU policymaking cycle which introduced foresight as a new compass as well as in the next European Commission's Annual Foresight Report. 

Parere del CESE: 2021 Annual Foresight Report

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