The European Innovation Act aims to create cross-sectoral legal framework conditions to remove barriers for bringing innovative ideas to market in all sectors.
This opinion analyses the Commission's proposal for a Council Recommendation on Housing Exclusion and looks at the issue of homelessness among children, families and young people in the EU. It addresses access to dignified housing from a human rights perspective, and recommends that prevention and reduction of homelessness should remain the primary focus of the Council Recommendation, in line with the Lisbon Declaration. It stresses that a preventive approach should be complemented by robust social emergency services, and recommends all Member States to develop a strategic framework to combat homelessness.
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This opinion analyses the Commission's Communication "Breaking the cycle of child poverty - strengthening the European Child Guarantee". It addresses the strengthening of the European Child Guarantee as a child-centred, rights-based instrument to break intergenerational cycles of poverty and social exclusion. It recommends reinforcing access to quality parental employment and affordable and high-quality early childhood education and care, while ensuring that vulnerable groups are not excluded from essential services.
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This opinion examines the Commission's proposal for a EU Anti Poverty Strategy and sets out the EESC’s priorities. It calls for a comprehensive, rights-based and life-course approach to poverty, addressing its structural causes and the specific needs of groups facing the greatest risks of poverty and exclusion. The opinion stresses the importance of adequate social protection, access to quality essential services and inclusive labour markets, and calls for stronger EU and national action to prevent poverty and ensure effective social inclusion.
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Together the Information Report ECO/711 and the Resolution ECO/712 are a continuation of the European Semester Group's (ESG) work to consult annually national economic and social councils, social partners and civil society organisations from EU Member States on reform and investment proposals made in the context of the European Semester and their implementation in the Member States.
The Information Report aims to collect the views of social partners and civil society organisations in the Member States on the reform and investment proposals and their implementation, in particular those indicated in the 2026 Country-Specific Recommendations.
The EESC opinion on the 2026 European Semester-Spring Package delivers a clear final political message: Europe does not primarily need new priorities. It needs to implement more effectively those already agreed, thus also ensuring a balance between economic, social and environmental objectives. The European Semester should therefore evolve into Europe’s strategic delivery framework for sustainable competitiveness, ensuring that reforms, investments and governance deliver tangible benefits for citizens, businesses, workers and future generations. Success should increasingly be measured not only by the quality of policy recommendations, but by the quality of their implementation and their contribution to productivity, resilience, social cohesion, quality jobs and long-term prosperity.
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Building on the EESC's work on the EU Blue Deal, this opinion examines how innovative desalination technologies and processes can help address water scarcity, strengthen Europe's water resilience and support a circular water economy. The opinion will explore opportunities related to clean energy integration, water recycling, sodium recovery, skills development and industrial competitiveness, with a view to providing policy recommendations that support sustainable growth and strategic autonomy in the European water sector.
Europe needs to develop a policy of prevention, preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery vis à vis natural disasters. In this context, the capacity of private markets is limited (insurance, reinsurance and alternative risk transfer tools). As a result, the protection gap is now growing and the provision of insurance cover is suffering from economic inefficiencies. This opinion will deliver concrete policy proposals to solve these issues.
