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Taxation – qualified majority voting

Goedgekeurd on 17/07/2019
Referentie: 
ECO/491-EESC-2019-00699
Referral: 
COM(2019) 8 final COM(2019) 8 final
Rapporteur: 
Krister ANDERSSON (Employers - GR I/Sweden), Mihai IVAŞCU (Diversity Europe - GR III/Romania), Juan MENDOZA CASTRO (Workers - GR II/Spain)
Zitting: 
545 -
Jul 17, 2019 Jul 18, 2019

In the opinion, the Committee states that taxation policy in general and combating tax fraud in particular must remain a priority for the next European Commission. In this line, the EESC endorses a debate on gradually shifting to QMV and the ordinary legislative procedure in tax matters, while recognising that all Member States must at all times have sufficient possibilities to participate in the decision-making process.  Moreover, the Committee believes that any new rule must be fit-for-purpose and that certain conditions need to be met to successfully implement QMV: a sufficiently strong EU budget; better coordinated economic policy; and a substantial analytical work assessing to what extent current tax measures have been insufficient.

advies EESC: Taxation – qualified majority voting

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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A new vision for completing the Economic and Monetary Union (own initiative opinion)

Goedgekeurd on 17/07/2019
Referentie: 
ECO/493-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Judith VORBACH (Workers - GR II / Austria)
Zitting: 
545 -
Jul 17, 2019 Jul 18, 2019

Although considerable progress has already been made towards completing EMU, there is still a need to significantly reinforce all four of its pillars, taking care to maintain the balance between them, as neglecting one or more of these pillars could result in dangerous disparities. Resilience to crises is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for completing EMU: it also requires a positive vision, as set out in Article 3 of the EU Treaty. The EESC generally calls on the European institutions and national governments to take much more ambitious action in the context of EMU reform in order to achieve a more integrated, more democratic and socially better developed Union.

advies EESC: A new vision for completing the Economic and Monetary Union (own initiative opinion)

18/07/2016
The EESC calls for a sea change in the EU
Reference number: 
53/2016

The EESC President, Georges Dassis, met today with the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, to deliver the EESC contribution to the Commission's 2017 Work Programme. President Dassis used this occasion to emphasise that the European Union had to regain momentum in 2017. He said that "the European Commission must strive to restore a spirit of solidarity and responsibility ...

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