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
Prihodnost prometa v EU mora biti trajnostna, socialna in pametna: s tem izzivom se zdaj sooča sektor, ki so ga v preteklih letih zaznamovale korenite spremembe, močno pa ga je prizadela tudi pandemija COVID-19. Na plenarnem zasedanju, v okviru katerega je 28. aprila 2021 potekala razprava o novi prometni strategiji Komisije, je predsednica EESO Christa Schweng poudarila, da Evropa potrebuje vizijo za čas po pandemiji COVID-19, kar na področju prometa pomeni trajnostno, pametno in odporno mobilnost.
Podobno je menila tudi Adina Vălean, evropska komisarka za promet, ki je poudarila, da se s pandemijo skupna vizija Komisije glede prometa ni spremenila in da je ta vizija, ki temelji na razogljičenju in digitalizaciji, trdno vpeta v evropski zeleni dogovor.
EESO načeloma podpira splošni pristop, da se Komisijina strategija za trajnostno in pametno mobilnost uskladi s cilji evropskega zelenega dogovora. Vendar se v mnenju, ki sta ga pripravila Stefan Back in Tanja Buzek ter je bilo sprejeto 27. aprila 2021, sprašuje, ali se s tem vzpostavlja ustrezno ravnovesje med tehničnimi ukrepi in ukrepi prometne politike.
Številni od predlaganih ukrepov glede trajnostnosti in digitalizacije imajo namreč precejšen vpliv na enotni trg in delavce v prometu. Strategija tem vidikom žal ne posveča dovolj pozornosti, zaradi česar bo njeno izvajanje morda manj uspešno. Poleg tega bo trajnostna in digitalna preobrazba prometa v EU možna le, če bosta sektor kot celota in z njim povezana industrijska baza EU postala konkurenčnejša. (mp)