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At the European Economic and Social Committee plenary session on Wednesday (25 January), EESC members discussed the EU's response to geopolitical challenges with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament.
Employers' Group President, Stefano Mallia, stressed that the competitiveness of European companies has to be at the core of our priorities moving forward.
Employers see a growing role for the economic migration of third country nationals to the EU as part of the EU’s overall policy mix for providing the skilled workforce that European companies need to be competitive, productive and innovative. The role of economic migration is set against the backdrop of demographic change, a declining working age population; stagnating intra-EU mobility; high inactivity rates as well asskills mismatches and labour shortages across a wide range of sectors. As stated by the Commission, it is key for the EU to be an attractive destination for labour migration, particularly in shortage occupations in the global race for talent.
Dear President, dear members, dear guests,
It is a pleasure to stand before you to open a debate, which is not only timely, but also crucial in the way we manage accelerating change in media and politics. The way we communicate, the way we convince, in this time of multiple crisis, will determine how we get out of these difficult moment.
On 22 November 2022 the EESC Employers' Group held internal elections.
At the Extraordinary EESC Employers' Group meeting in Ostrava on 11 October, members elected Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU to become the EESC Vice-President in charge of communication for the second half of the 2020-2025 term.
At its September Group meeting, Stefano Mallia was re-elected as President of the Employers' Group for the second half of the 2020-2025 mandate. Further EESC Employers' Group were elected as candidates for EESC key positions.
Current labour and skills shortages in all EU Member States are acting as a bottleneck for economic growth. They represent a serious challenge to business development by putting additional pressure on labour markets across all sectors and at different skill levels.
Ukrainian businesses, and especially SMEs, need to be saved now to be able to act as the driver of reconstruction after the war. A joint letter signed by Employers' Group President Stefano Mallia, President Gennadiy Chyzhykov from the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Executive Director Anna Derevyanko from the European Business Association in Ukraine called for immediate actions to support Ukrainian SMEs already during the war. The letter was sent to the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and forwarded to further stakeholders.
Prague has put forward a pragmatic and dynamic programme that correctly identifies the immediate challenges we face.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), just a week ahead of the EU Council Summit, adopted its second Resolution on Ukraine, strongly supporting the country's unconditional candidate status to the EU. The European civil society will be working hand in hand with Ukraine for Ukraine on the reconstruction of the country delivering a stronger, greener, more resilient and sustainable European partner.
