18/07/2019
The list of new work appointments for July 2019 and the most recent list of ongoing EESC work are available for download in the attachments below.
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08/07/2019
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34/2019Corporate taxes could the the most harmful form of taxation to economic growth. Contrary to public perception, there has been no reduction in corporate tax revenues in relation to GDP in the last 40 years. Countries that have reduced their corporate tax rates in recent years have seen increases in investment in the following years. There is no race to the bottom, rather to a middle range of some 20% corporate tax rate and revenues are stable or even increasing.
01/07/2019
Statement by the President of the Employers' Group of the EESC on the Mercosur Association Agreement
I strongly welcome the political agreement reached for an ambitious and comprehensive trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU. In the midst of increasing trade protectionism, this trade agreement, is a strong positive signal in favour of multilateralism as well as open, rule-based and free trade between the EU and its partners.
21/06/2019
The list of new work appointments for June 2019 and the most recent list of ongoing EESC work are available for download in the attachments below.
20/06/2019
On 19 June 2019, the EESC adopted opinion TEN/692 on essential services in the context of the Social Pillar. Even though the Employers' Group members supported the document, we would like to express our reservations towards the fact, that economic aspect of essential services was insufficiently tackled in the opinion.
11/06/2019
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29/2019De acordo com o novo estudo encomendado pelo Comité Económico e Social Europeu, os serviços transfronteiriços criam novos postos de trabalho e crescimento económico, sendo positivos para todos os países da UE e para diferentes tipos de postos de trabalho – tanto os de utilização intensiva de mão de obra como os de utilização intensiva de conhecimentos. O referido documento demonstra que é benéfico para a economia da UE evitar uma regulamentação estrita do mercado interno dos serviços transfronteiriços.
11/06/2019
The EU is well on track to achieve the 2020 targets on greenhouse gas emissions reductions. However, maintaining a healthy trajectory towards a carbon-neutral economy will demand clear investment planning in R&D and infrastructure, significant clean energy deployment and political will, both internationally and at home, over the coming decades.
05/06/2019
The high participation rate was the unquestionable success of these elections and we all hope that this is the beginning of a longer trend, said Danuta Huebner, Member of the European Parliament, at the meeting with the Presidency of the Employers' Group on 3 June in Warsaw. She underlined that European citizens' awareness and expectations of the EU are growing and that we are witnessing the creation of "European demos".
28/05/2019
The public hearing on the opinion Towards better economic convergence and competitiveness within EU macro-regions was held on 21 May 2019 on the premises of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest.
19/05/2019
Investments in the EU, current challenges the EU is facing and possible priorities for the next term of the European Commission and European Parliament – these were the main topics of the debate between European Commission vice-president Jyrki Katainen and the members of the Employers' Group, which took place at the group's meeting on 15 May 2019.