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
Energetski prehod zahteva jasno politično vizijo, saj ni le tehnološko vprašanje, temveč tudi velik socialni izziv. EESO v mnenju, ki sta ga pripravila Lutz Ribbe in Thomas Kattnig ter je bilo sprejeto na septembrskem plenarnem zasedanju, poudarja, da bo moral prihodnji energetski sistem sicer vsebovati tako centralizirane kot decentralizirane elemente, vendar njegove organizacije ne moremo prepustiti naključju.
Med razpravo je Lutz Ribbe dejal: „Potrebna je jasna vizija glede vprašanja, ali je treba dati prednost decentralizaciji ali centralizaciji. Energetski prehod Evrope namreč zahteva predvsem naložbeno varnost za javne in zasebne sektorje, ki pa je mogoča le, če so sprejete jasne temeljne odločitve.“
Na njegove besede se je odzval Thomas Kattnig, ki je dejal: „Delavci, sindikati in potrošniki morajo biti vključeni v energetski prehod, kot so obljubili oblikovalci politik in h čemur je izrecno pozval EESO. Vendar tudi pri tem vprašanju Komisija in države članice puščajo več vprašanj odprtih, kot pa so jih rešile. Sedanje pobude na področju energetske politike bodo prej preprečile široko udeležbo javnosti, kot pa da bi jo spodbujale.“
Centralizirani in decentralizirani sistemi imajo tako prednosti kot pomanjkljivosti. Za centralizirani sistem je značilno, da vrednost ustvarja majhno število akterjev. V decentraliziranem sistemu pa lahko potrošniki prispevajo kot aktivni udeleženci in kmetje, v energetskih skupnostih državljanov, MSP in lokalnih podjetjih. (mp)