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Investment Plan for Europe: stock-taking and next steps

Przyjęte on 19/06/2019
Sygnatura: 
ECO/486-EESC-2019-00069-00-00
Referral: 
COM(2018) 771 final COM(2018) 771 final
Rapporteur: 
Petr ZAHRADNÍK (Czech Republic)
Co-rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II/Spain)

The EESC welcomes the Investment Plan for Europe for its contribution to the promotion of investment in the EU. The Committee calls for clearly set investment targets, regulatory simplification and further guidance in order to achieve greater geographical and sectoral balance. The EESC advocates for strengthened financial capacity for the InvestEU programme within the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and calls for more efforts to raise awareness among European businesses and citizens about the benefits obtained from the Investment Plan for Europe.

Opinia EKES-u: Investment Plan for Europe: stock-taking and next steps

Towards a stronger international role of the euro

Przyjęte on 19/06/2019
Sygnatura: 
ECO/489-EESC-2019-00073
Referral: 
COM(2018) 796 final
Rapporteur: 
Philip VON BROCKDORFF (Workers - GR II / Malta)
Co-rapporteur: 
Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (Employers - GR I/Greece)

The EESC notes that the international role of the euro has not yet recovered to the pre-financial crisis level. Whereas the European Commission's proposed measures are welcome and deemed necessary by the EESC, they may not go far enough given the extent of the euro area's social and economic challenges. Social cohesion, economic upward convergence and the promotion of competitiveness and innovation should be the basis on which the euro area's economy gathers pace and supports a stronger international role for the euro.

Opinia EKES-u: Towards a stronger international role of the euro

The future of cohesion policy (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Przyjęte on 20/03/2019
Sygnatura: 
ECO/484-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Stefano MALLIA (Employers - GR I / Malta)
Co-rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - GR III/Greece)

The objective of this proposal is to provide an update of EESC's positions related to the cohesion package presented by the Commission on May 2018. While the discussions in the Council and the Parliament are still ongoing, this opinion will reflect better the developments in view of a successful cohesion policy in the post-2020 period.

The Romanian presidency who has asked for this opinion proposes that  the conclusions drawn in this opinion could stimulate the informal ministerial debate of the cohesion ministers to be held in April 2019.

Opinia EKES-u: The future of cohesion policy (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

Przyjęte on 20/02/2019
Sygnatura: 
ECO/481-EESC-2018-05434
Referral: 
COM(2018) 770 final
Rapporteur: 
Anne DEMELENNE (Belgium)

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.

 

Opinia EKES-u: Annual Growth Survey 2019 (communication)

PEACE IV - Continuation of the cooperation programmes

Przyjęte on 20/02/2019
Sygnatura: 
ECO/490-EESC-2019-00492-00-01-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 892 final 2018/0432 COD
General Rapporteur: 
Jane MORRICE

The European Economic and Social Committee welcomes the Commission's proposal  to ensure the continuation of two bilateral cooperation programmes involving Ireland namely the PEACE IV (Ireland-United Kingdom) and the United Kingdom-Ireland programme, after UK's  intention to withdraw from the Union pursuant to art. 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

 

Opinia EKES-u: PEACE IV - Continuation of the cooperation programmes

Implementing the definitive VAT system

Przyjęte on 23/01/2019
Sygnatura: 
ECO/469-EESC-2018-2779-00-00
Referral: 
COM(2018) 329 final 2018/0164 CNS
Rapporteur: 
Krister ANDERSSON (Employers - GR I / Sweden)
Co-rapporteur: 
Giuseppe GUERINI (Diversity Europe - GR III/Italy)

The EESC welcome the definitive destination principle-based VAT system for taxing goods in B2B relations and reminds that it is an important achievement proving the continuous consolidation of the EU internal market. The Committee urges the Commission to explore how a common VAT system for both services and goods can be rolled out as quickly as possible. The EESC recommends greater collaboration between national fiscal and enforcement authorities in order to make the new destination-based VAT system more effective in terms of both effectiveness against fraud and reliability in favour of European enterprises.

Opinia EKES-u: Implementing the definitive VAT system

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Definitive VAT system intra-Union trade of goods COM(2018)329_European Commission presentaton

Euro area economic policy (2019)

Przyjęte on 23/01/2019
Sygnatura: 
ECO/485-EESC-2018-05763-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 759 final
Rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II / Spain)

The EESC is of the opinion that building economic resilience, an objective that underlies the recommendations of the European Commission on the economic policy of the euro area, is of the utmost importance for the euro area economies. However, the Committee would like to stress that the pursuit of economic resilience should go hand in hand with increased labour market resilience, that is, the capacity of labour markets to weather shocks with limited social costs.

Opinia EKES-u: Euro area economic policy (2019)

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