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
EESO je predstavil sklop ključnih priporočil, s katerim se je odzval na zakonodajni sveženj o reformi okvira ekonomskega upravljanja Evropske unije, ki ga je predlagala Komisija. EESO sicer ceni namen poenostavitve okvira, vendar se zavzema za bistvene prilagoditve predloga. Ta priporočila prihajajo v ključnem trenutku in poudarjajo potrebo po uravnoteženem, prilagodljivem in trajnostnem pristopu k ekonomskemu upravljanju v EU.
Glede na izzive EU, kot so pandemija, geopolitična zapletenost in podnebni cilji, se poročevalec EESO Javier Doz Orrit zavzema za prožnejše fiskalne in strukturne načrte, ki vključujejo nacionalne demokratične institucije in civilno družbo, ter predlaga trajno fiskalno zmogljivost EU in globlje ekonomsko upravljanje. EESO sicer ceni nekatere vidike zakonodajnega svežnja, vendar poziva k bistvenim spremembam.
Soporočevalec Luca Jahier poziva k takojšnjim pogajanjem za uravnotežen in izvršljiv ekonomski okvir. Ključni predlogi vključujejo nadomestitev togih pravil za zmanjšanje primanjkljaja z bolj prilagojenim pristopom, ponovno preučitev samodejnih sankcij in dajanje besede nacionalnim vladam pri fiskalnih načrtih. EESO predlaga tudi drugačno obravnavo zelenih in obrambnih naložb, razširitev opredelitve javnih naložb in vzpostavitev fiskalne zmogljivosti EU do leta 2026. Vseskozi pa poudarja vključujoče upravljanje, ki vključuje socialne partnerje, civilno družbo in parlamente.