Europese Green Deal

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Op 11 december 2019 lanceerde de Europese Commissie de Europese Green Deal, die een extra impuls geeft aan het vastberaden streven van de EU om klimaat- en milieugerelateerde uitdagingen aan te pakken; dat is de belangrijkste taak van deze generatie. Het doel van de Europese Green Deal is de EU om te vormen tot een moderne, hulpbronnenefficiënte en concurrerende economie die er garant voor staat dat:

  • er uiterlijk in 2050 geen sprake meer is van een netto-uitstoot van broeikasgassen;
  • de economische groei is losgekoppeld van het gebruik van hulpbronnen;
  • geen enkele persoon en geen enkele plaats wordt achtergelaten.

Voor de verwezenlijking van de Europese Green Deal voert de EU een uitgebreid pakket initiatieven uit, waaronder beleids- en wetgevingsvoorstellen en de ontwikkeling en modernisering van financieringsinstrumenten.

Onder verwijzing naar het nauwe verband tussen de Green Deal en sociale rechtvaardigheid dringt het EESC aan op een “Green and Social Deal”. Om ervoor te zorgen dat de duurzame en concurrerende bedrijven van morgen in een gezonde omgeving kunnen opereren is het van essentieel belang dat de stem van alle belanghebbenden wordt gehoord.

In de Europese Green Deal ligt de nadruk op investeringen en op de financiering van de groene en duurzame transitie. De Green Deal is Europa’s ontsnappingsroute uit de COVID-19-pandemie. De Green Deal wordt bekostigd door een derde van de 1,8 biljoen euro aan investeringen uit het herstelplan NextGenerationEU en de zevenjarige begroting van de EU. De bedoeling van al deze financieringsmogelijkheden is om de crisis aan te grijpen als een kans om de toekomst van Europa anders vorm te geven.

Het EESC speelt hierbij een cruciale rol: het houdt toezicht op de uitvoering van de initiatieven en maatregelen in het kader van de Europese Green Deal. Het EESC stelt adviezen op en organiseert activiteiten (zie het menu links op deze pagina) om ervoor te zorgen dat de EU-instellingen op de hoogte zijn van de standpunten van het maatschappelijk middenveld en dat de Green Deal-initiatieven stroken met de economische, sociale en maatschappelijke omstandigheden in het veld.

De Europese Green Deal is zo transversaal en allesomvattend dat alle afdelingen van het EESC en de CCMI zich ermee bezighouden.

  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    TEN/707-EESC-2020
    (Luxembourg
    Employers - GR I
    Hungary

    The health, economic and social crisis of COVID-19 has intensified the severity of the affordable housing crisis that Member States have been facing for years, particularly for homeless people, overcrowded households, residents of working class neighbourhoods and seasonal workers and immigrants – victims of housing conditions that have directly affected the infection rate in society. Although housing policy remains the competence of the Member States, the shortage of decent and affordable housing in the European Union requires a European action plan on housing that includes a comprehensive set of measures, which are easy for people to understand, to help Member States, regions and cities in Europe to sustainably boost the supply of social and affordable housing and effectively combat homelessness.

    EESC opinion: Universal access to housing that is decent, sustainable and affordable over the long term
  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    TEN/706-EESC-2020
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    Workers - GR II
    Austria
    EESC opinion: Between a trans-European super grid and local energy islands – the right mix of decentralised solutions and centralised structures for an economically, socially and ecologically sustainable energy transition
  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    REX/528-EESC-2020
    Employers - GR I
    Croatia
    Workers - GR II
    France

    On 5 February 2020, the European Commission published its Communication Enhancing the accession process – A credible EU perspective for the Western Balkans, proposing a new methodology for candidate countries of the Western Balkans with the objective to render the accession process more coherent, respond to concerns of certain Member States expressed in October 2019 and enable the enlargement process to continue.

    EESC opinion: Contribution of civil society to the Green Agenda and sustainable development of the Western Balkans as part of the EU accession process (own-initiative opinion)
  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 21/01/2020
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    SOC/632-EESC-2020-01-01

    This exploratory opinion was requested by the European Parliament with a view to a forthcoming Commission initiative on fair minimum wages. The question of Decent minimum wages across Europe is a complex and sensitive issue. It is important that any EU action is based on accurate analysis and understanding of the situation and sensitivities in the Member States and fully respects the social partners' role and autonomy, as well as the different industrial relations models.

    EESC opinion: Decent minimum wages across Europe
    Decent minimum wages across Europe
  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 21/01/2020
    Referentie
    NAT/786-EESC-2020-00896
    (Italy
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    EESC opinion: 2030 biodiversity strategy
    FAO: Highlights of FAO’s upcoming work on biodiversity
  • Goedgekeurd on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    CCMI/175-EESC-2020-01-01
    Employers - GR I
    Bulgaria
    (Germany

    Disruptions like coronavirus (COVID-19) threaten to bring the world economy and social life to a standstill. Its impacts include recessions in the USA, the EU, Japan and other regions of the world, extremely slow growth in China and huge losses in terms of output. Governments have to offset economic damage with fiscal and monetary policies and cope with the expected changes of the economic paradigm. The EESC stresses the need for efficient business models and trade defence mechanisms, in particular with regard to Asia, and notes that 36 million jobs in the EU depend on the EU's exporting potential, and that the share of EU employment supported by sales of goods and services to the rest of the world in relation to total employment increased from 10.1% in 2000 to 15.3% in 2017. The fiscal, economic and social response to the crisis is necessary for preventing its negative impact on these and other sectors.

    EESC opinion: Fostering competitiveness, innovation, growth and job creation by advancing in global regulatory cooperation, by supporting a renewed multilateral trading scheme and by reducing market-distorting subsidies (own-initiative opinion)
  • Goedgekeurd on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    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)
  • Goedgekeurd on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 18/02/2020
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    INT/895-EESC-2020
    (Italy
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Ireland

    The Commission's new Circular Economy Action Plan focuses on sustainable products, less waste, product value chains, and circularity in regions and cities, and the global level.

    EESC opinion: New Circular Economy Action Plan
  • Goedgekeurd on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 21/01/2020
    Referentie
    NAT/785-EESC-2020-01-01-01432
    Employers - GR I
    Greece
    Workers - GR II
    Germany

    The opinion will provide guidance on how to build on existing structures like citizens' dialogues and assemblies, social dialogue committees in order to structure and mainstream the dialogue with civil society. It will also make recommendations about how to encourage information sharing and public understanding of climate action; how to create real and virtual spaces for exchange on climate and how to build capacity to facilitate grassroots initiatives, among others.

    EESC opinion: European Climate Pact (Exploratory opinion)
  • Goedgekeurd on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 21/01/2020
    Referentie
    NAT/784-EESC-2020-1431
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Netherlands
    (Finland

    This EESC opinion will respond to the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on establishing a European Climate Law and it will look into the role of citizens in driving the transformation towards climate neutrality.

    EESC opinion: European Climate Law