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
Proračunski okvir EU je treba preoblikovati. Revizija je potrebna ne le zaradi srednjeročne stabilizacije gospodarstva, temveč tudi zaradi financiranja socialno-ekološke preobrazbe našega gospodarstva ter zagotavljanja polne zaposlenosti, visokokakovostnih delovnih mest in pravičnega prehoda. Sporočilo mnenja, ki ga je pripravila Dominika Biegon in je bilo sprejeto na oktobrskem plenarnem zasedanju, je jasno: Evropska komisija mora nadaljevati s pregledom okvira ekonomskega upravljanja EU.
Poročevalka Dominika Biegon je v razpravi povedala: „EESO se v zvezi s prihodnjim proračunskim okvirom zavzema za pragmatične rešitve. V našem mnenju smo ponazorili, kako je mogoče v razpravi o državnem dolgu premagati ideološke razlike. Fiskalna pravila EU je mogoče znatno izboljšati tudi brez spreminjanja Pogodb EU. Kronično pomanjkanje javnih naložb lahko odpravimo in državam članicam omogočimo več manevrskega prostora za ustrezno soočanje z upadom gospodarske rasti v prihodnosti, ne da bi pri tem ogrozili vzdržnost javnih financ. Institucije EU bi morale čim prej predlagati reforme, ki bi utrle pot trajnostnemu okrevanju in pravičnemu prehodu.“
Prav tako bi bilo treba v evropski semester tako na nacionalni ravni kot na ravni EU v večji meri vključiti civilno družbo. Načelo partnerstva, ki se že dolgo uporablja pri upravljanju evropskih strukturnih in investicijskih skladov, bi moralo biti osnova za učinkovito vključevanje civilne družbe. (mp)