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.
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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
Glavna naloga sedanjega poljskega predsedstva Sveta Evropske unije bo ohraniti enotnost Evrope, narediti korak naprej in sprejeti hitre odločitve.
Evropski ekonomsko-socialni odbor je na februarskem plenarnem zasedanju razpravljal o prednostnih nalogah poljskega predsedstva EU z Magdaleno Sobkowiak-Czarnecko, poljsko državno podsekretarko za evropske zadeve.
Ga. Sobkowiak-Czarnecka je v zvezi z zunanjo varnostjo EU in zlasti vojno agresijo proti Ukrajini dejala: „Naš cilj je nadalje zagotavljati pomoč Ukrajini in ohraniti enotnost znotraj EU.“ Kot enega prvih dosežkov poljskega predsedstva je omenila 16. sveženj sankcij proti Rusiji.
Predsednik EESO Oliver Röpke je poudaril, da je Poljska prevzela šestmesečno predsedovanje EU v času velikih izzivov, kot so geopolitične napetosti in energetska kriza.
„Današnja razprava je ponovno potrdila ključni pomen stabilnosti, odpornosti in enotnosti pri oblikovanju prihodnosti Evropske unije,“ je dejal. „Prednostne naloge poljskega predsedstva so tesno usklajene z našimi skupnimi ambicijami, zlasti glede spodbujanja večdimenzionalnega pristopa k varnosti. V času svetovne negotovosti ostajajo naša prizadevanja za odločno in skupno ukrepanje neomajna,“ je povedal.
Poljsko predsedstvo EU si bo pod geslom „Varnost, Evropa!“ prizadevalo za sedem razsežnosti varnosti – zunanjo, notranjo, gospodarsko, prehransko, energetsko, zdravstveno in informacijsko.
V zadnjih nekaj mesecih je bilo sodelovanje med Odborom in poljskim predsedstvom intenzivno in produktivno. EESO je pripravil 15 raziskovalnih mnenj, ki so že bila ali bodo v kratkem sprejeta. (mp)