Position papers

  • Adottati on 24/01/2023 - Bureau decision date: 25/03/2021
    Referenza
    REX/537-EESC-2021-01-01
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    575
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    The Covid-19 pandemic is strongly affecting the Euro-Mediterranean region, creating new challenges and exacerbating pre-existing ones. The pandemic has highlighted fundamental weaknesses in institutions, economies and health systems. Civil society plays a key role in the reconstruction and resilience of the whole region.

    EESC opinion: COVID-19: The role of civil society in the reconstruction and resilience of the Euro-Mediterranean region
  • Adottati on 23/03/2022 - Bureau decision date: 25/03/2021
    Referenza
    SOC/690-EESC-2021
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    EESC opinion: The EU action for Post COVID-19 period: recovering better through sport (own-initiative opinion)
  • Adottati on 24/03/2021 - Bureau decision date: 28/10/2020
    Referenza
    INT/918-EESC-2020-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    Germany

    On 9 September 2020, the European Commission adopted its first annual Strategic Foresight Report, presenting Commission’s strategy to integrate strategic foresight into EU policy-making. Strategic foresight aims to identify emerging challenges and opportunities to better steer the European Union's strategic choices and to inform major policy initiatives. It will support the Commission in designing future-proof policies and legislation that serves both the current needs and longer-term aspirations of European citizens.

     

    EESC opinion: Strategic foresight
  • Adottati on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referenza
    TEN/709-EESC-2020-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    Germany

    Aviation is one of the sectors most badly affected by the Corona crisis and the EU Member States are willing to assist all economic sectors in the recovery process. Nonetheless, it is unlikely that global economic activities will regain pre-Corona levels in the near future. For this reason, the EESC calls upon the Commission to develop a comprehensive road map for the recovery of the entire European aviation sector; such an action plan should include dedicated resources to support all sub-sectors and their workforce.

    EESC opinion: The future of EU air transport in and after the Corona crisis
  • Adottati on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 28/05/2020
    Referenza
    INT/909-EESC-2020
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece

    The EESC believes that the Communication on Tourism and transport in 2020 and beyond should be a strategic policy tool for rethinking the EU sustainable model of tourism and transport and calls for a comprehensive package of measures.

     

  • Adottati on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 22/06/2020
    Referenza
    NAT/797-EESC-2020-01-01-2020-03040
    EESC opinion: GMO medicinal products / COVID-19
  • Adottati on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referenza
    REX/529-EESC-2020-01-01
    (France

    The unprecedented magnitude of the COVID crisis requires an unprecedented, long-term and unequivocal response. International trade is a vital tool to finance recovery ge get out of the crisis. In these efforts, the EU must stay true to its values and ensure the protection of businesses, workers and people, leaving no one behind. Recovery must be based on sustainability, and inclusive and green growth. Green Deal measures are therefore more relevant than ever.

    EESC opinion: A post COVID-19 emergency: the design of a New Multilateral Matrix (own-initiative opinion)
  • Adottati on 10/06/2020 - Bureau decision date: 04/05/2020
    Referenza
    NAT/795-EESC-2020-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    France
    EESC opinion: Support under EAFRD in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
  • Adottati on 10/06/2020 - Bureau decision date: 04/06/2020
    Referenza
    INT/910-EESC-2020-01-01

    The EESC recommended rapid approval of the new regulation in view of the strong public health concerns about nanoparticles resulting from combustion processes and the high level of protection that can be achieved by implementing the proposed Stage V for NRMM engines.

    EESC opinion: Emissions and type-approval / Impact of COVID
  • Adottati on 04/06/2020 - Bureau decision date: 04/06/2020
    Referenza
    ECO/524-EESC-2020-01-01-02767-00-01-PAC-TRA

     

    EESC opinion: REACT-EU