The 18 July plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels played host to Finland's Minister of Social Affairs and Health, who presented the programme of the Finnish EU presidency. This includes a special focus on sustainability and the wellbeing of citizens. Minister Pekonen also listed enhancing the rule of law and EU values among its other priorities.
Corporate 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.
Cycling and human values were honoured at the debate on clean mobility organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and its Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN) on 3 July 2019.
Boj proti zmene klímy a podpora udržateľnej energetiky patrili medzi hlavné body programu júnového plenárneho zasadnutia Európskeho hospodárskeho a sociálneho výboru (EHSV).
On the eve of key decisions which will shape the Union's new leadership and strategic agenda for the next five years, the national Economic and Social Councils and the European Economic and Social Council met in Rome on 13-14 June ...read more
European citizens should be both vigilant and engaged
At a crucial time in Europe and in the world, Sustainable Democracy in Europe was this year's topic at the Civil Society Days, organised by the Liaison Group at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 12 and 13 June 2019.
Podľa novej štúdie, ktorú dal vypracovať Európsky hospodársky a sociálny výbor, vytvárajú cezhraničné služby nové pracovné miesta a hospodársky rast. Majú pozitívny vplyv na všetky krajiny EÚ aj na rôzne typy pracovných miest, náročné na pracovnú silu i na vedomosti. Štúdia dokazuje, že pre hospodárstvo EÚ je prospešné nezavádzať prísnejšiu reguláciu na vnútornom trhu s cezhraničnými službami Znížením podielu cezhraničných služieb o 1 % by hospodárstvo EÚ prišlo približne o 8 miliárd EUR.
Prihlášky na rok 2019 možno už zasielať
Európsky hospodársky a sociálny výbor (EHSV) vyhlasuje súťaž o Cenu pre občiansku spoločnosť za rok 2019, ktorej témou je Viac žien v európskej spoločnosti a hospodárstve. Ocenia sa ňou inovatívne iniciatívy a projekty, ktorých zámerom je bojovať za rovnaké príležitosti žien a mužov a rovnaké zaobchádzanie s nimi vo všetkých sférach hospodárskeho a sociálneho života.
The 25th anniversary of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, in force since 1994, was the main topic of the EEA Consultative Committee meeting that took place on 23 and 24 May. This committee, which represents employers, workers and other civil society players of EEA member states, insisted on the importance of completing the internal market and taking into account its social dimension.
On 10 May, candidates from the main parties running for the European Parliament (EP) elections took part in a round table debate organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Madrid. They were in favour of initiating a reform of the EU institutions with the aim, amongst other things, of enabling organised civil society to play a greater role in the building of Europe.
