European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
Em 18 de novembro, Aurel Laurențiu Plosceanu, Stefano Palmieri e Cristian Pîrvulescu, respetivamente presidentes da Secção do Emprego, Assuntos Sociais e Cidadania (SOC), da Secção da União Económica e Monetária e Coesão Económica e Social (ECO) e do Grupo para os Direitos Fundamentais e o Estado de Direito do CESE, emitiram uma declaração conjunta para manifestar a sua grande preocupação com a posição de dois governos que ameaçaram vetar o orçamento da UE caso este permaneça vinculado ao respeito do Estado de direito.
O CESE já declarou o seu apoio firme à proposta da Comissão relativa ao pacote Next Generation EU, que deverá – juntamente com o Quadro Financeiro Plurianual (QFP) para 2021-2027, num montante total de 1,82 biliões de euros – mitigar o impacto da crise da COVID-19 e permitir uma recuperação rápida das economias da UE.
De acordo com a declaração, condicionar o financiamento da UE ao respeito pelo Estado de direito por parte dos Estados-Membros não deveria suscitar controvérsia, na medida em que se trata de um dos valores fundamentais em que assenta a UE.
Leia a declaração completa aqui: https://europa.eu/!cH83Bj.