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Towards a more resilient and sustainable European economy (own initiative opinion)

Goedgekeurd on 17/07/2019
Referentie: 
ECO/492-EESC-2019-01033-00-00-TRA
Rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Zitting: 
545 -
Jul 17, 2019 Jul 18, 2019

The absence of economic and social convergence among Member States and regions is a threat to the political sustainability of the European project and all the benefits it has brought to European citizens. Developing economic and labour market resilience with economic, social, environmental and institutional sustainability should be the principle guiding policies. This will foster upwards convergence and fairness in the transition towards a climate-neutral economy while managing the challenges posed by digitalisation and demographic change.

advies EESC: Towards a more resilient and sustainable European economy (own initiative opinion)

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The Future of the EU: Benefits to citizens and respect for European values (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Goedgekeurd on 20/03/2019
Referentie: 
SC/52-EESC-2018-5821
Rapporteur: 
Mihai IVAŞCU (Diversity Europe - GR III / Romania)
Co-rapporteur: 
Stéphane BUFFETAUT (Employers - GR I/France)
Zitting: 
542 -
Mar 20, 2019 Mar 21, 2019

The opinion tables proposals on how to enhance the European project and bring it closer to its citizens.

advies EESC: The Future of the EU: Benefits to citizens and respect for European values (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

Goedgekeurd on 20/02/2019
Referentie: 
ECO/481-EESC-2018-05434
Referral: 
COM(2018) 770 final
Rapporteur: 
Anne DEMELENNE (Workers - GR II / Belgium)
Zitting: 
541 -
Feb 20, 2019 Feb 21, 2019

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.

 

advies EESC: Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

Reform Support Programme

Goedgekeurd on 17/10/2018
Referentie: 
ECO/472-EESC-2018-3054
Referral: 
COM(2018) 391 final 2018/0213 CODCOM(2018) 391 final 2018/0213 COD
Rapporteur: 
Petr ZAHRADNÍK (Employers - GR I / Czech Republic)

The EESC welcomes and endorses the rationale behind the establishment of the Reform Support Programme. However, the EESC believes that, in order to launch the programme successfully and obtain the expected benefits, better responses are needed to a number of still open questions.

 

advies EESC: Reform Support Programme

European Investment Stabilisation Function

Goedgekeurd on 17/10/2018
Referentie: 
ECO/473-EESC-2018-3003-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 387 final 2018/0212 CODCOM(2018) 387 final 2018/0212 CODCOM(2018) 387 final 2018/0212 COD
Rapporteur: 
Philip VON BROCKDORFF (Workers - GR II / Malta)
Co-rapporteur: 
Michael SMYTH (Diversity Europe - GR III/United Kingdom)

The EESC considers the proposed European Investment Stabilisation Function (EISF) as a step towards closer euro area integration, and possibly an attempt to encourage non-euro Member States to join the single currency. However, the EESC is of the view that a well-crafted union-wide insurance scheme that acts as an automatic stabiliser amidst macroeconomic shocks would be more effective than the proposed EISF.

 

advies EESC: European Investment Stabilisation Function

Regulation on the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund

Goedgekeurd on 17/10/2018
Referentie: 
ECO/462-EESC-2018-03269
Referral: 
COM(2018) 372 final 2018/0197 CODCOM(2018) 372 final 2018/0197 CODCOM(2018) 372 final 2018/0197 COD
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Greece)
Co-rapporteur: 
Ester VITALE (Workers - GR II/Italy)

The EESC considers the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) as pivotal factors to achieve sustainable development in the EU and therefore strongly regrets the cut of 12% in the ERDF and 46% in the CF.

 

advies EESC: Regulation on the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund

Common Provisions Regulation 2021-2027

Goedgekeurd on 17/10/2018
Referentie: 
ECO/461-EESC-2018-02791
Referral: 
COM(2018) 375 final 2018/0196 CODCOM(2018) 375 final 2018/0196 COD
Rapporteur: 
Stefano MALLIA (Employers - GR I / Malta)

The EESC strongly rejects the Commission's proposal to cut the EU's budget by 10% in real terms and urges the Member States (MS) to find solutions that allow this budget to be kept at the same level as the 2014-2020 programming period.

advies EESC: Common Provisions Regulation 2021-2027

Contribution of Europe's Rural Areas to the 2018 Year of Cultural Heritage

Goedgekeurd on 25/04/2018
Referentie: 
NAT/738-EESC-2018-01641
Rapporteur: 
Tom Jones (Diversity Europe - GR III / United Kingdom)
Zitting: 
537 -
Sep 19, 2018 Sep 20, 2018

The European Year of Cultural Heritage is an excellent opportunity to understand how Europe’s rural cultural heritage is a prized asset which needs to be showcased alongside our urban heritage. The EESC opinion on the "Contribution of Europe’s Rural Areas to the 2018 Year of Cultural Heritage" will consider what measures are necessary to ensure sustainability of landscapes, habitats, species and human imprints. It will look at how to ensure initiatives that will add today's creativity to our heritage and improve co-operation between the rural and the urban, not least through promoting rural cultural tourism.

advies EESC: Contribution of Europe's Rural Areas to the 2018 Year of Cultural Heritage

Euro area economic policy 2018

Goedgekeurd on 18/01/2018
Referentie: 
ECO/444-EESC-2017-05444-00-00-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2017) 770 final
Rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Zitting: 
531 -
Jan 17, 2018 Jan 18, 2018

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.

advies EESC: Euro area economic policy 2018

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