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
Predsednik strokovne skupine EESO za zaposlovanje, socialne zadeve in državljanstvo (SOC) Aurel Laurențiu Plosceanu, predsednik strokovne skupine EESO za ekonomsko in monetarno unijo ter ekonomsko in socialno kohezijo (ECO) Stefano Palmieri ter predsednik skupine EESO za temeljne pravice in pravno državo Cristian Pîrvulescu so 18. novembra objavili skupno izjavo, v kateri so izrazili veliko zaskrbljenost zaradi stališča dveh vlad, ki sta zagrozili, da bosta vložili veto na proračun EU, če bo še naprej vezan na spoštovanje pravne države.
EESO je že izrecno podprl predlog Komisije o svežnju za okrevanje Next Generation EU, ki naj bi ublažil šoke zaradi krize COVID-19 in gospodarstvom EU omogočil hitro okrevanje. Skupaj z večletnim finančnim okvirom za obdobje 2021–2027 znaša 1,82 milijarde EUR.
Predsedniki so v izjavi zapisali, da uporaba sredstev EU, ki je odvisna od tega, ali država članica spoštuje načela pravne države, ne bi smela biti sporna, saj gre za eno od temeljnih vrednot, na katerih je bila zgrajena EU.
Celotna izjava je na voljo na povezavi https://europa.eu/!cH83Bj.