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
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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
Energetska neodvisnost je ključna za prihodnost Evrope: EU mora čim prej zagotoviti zanesljivo oskrbo z energijo, postati neodvisna od uvoza plina iz Rusije in močno pospešiti prehod na čisto energijo. To je glavno sporočilo mnenja „REPowerEU: skupni evropski ukrepi za cenovno dostopnejšo, zanesljivejšo in bolj trajnostno energijo“, ki so ga pripravili Thomas Kattnig, Alena Mastantuono in Simo Tiainen ter je bilo sprejeto na majskem plenarnem zasedanju.
EESO podpira sporočilo Evropske komisije „REPowerEU“, ki ga je kolegij odobril na dan sprejetja mnenja, in meni, da je v skladu s cilji zelenega dogovora in evropske energetske unije. V predlogu so poleg tega predstavljeni novi ukrepi za povečanje proizvodnje zelene energije, diverzifikacijo oskrbe in zmanjšanje povpraševanja po ruskem plinu, ki je zaradi manipulacije trga povzročilo znatno povišanje cen na trgu električne energije.
Odbor pri tem svari, da mora biti EU izredno previdna pri nadomeščanju ruskega plina z drugimi viri. Upoštevati je treba ne le njihove posledice za okolje, temveč tudi morebitno novo odvisnost od tretjih držav, ki ne delijo evropskih vrednot.
Sedanje geopolitične razmere, ki jih je povzročila ruska invazija na Ukrajino, so še dodatno prispevale k doslej največji rasti cen energije v EU, ki smo ji bili priča v zadnjih mesecih. Zato je izredno pomembno, da se sprejmejo takojšnji ukrepi za ublažitev posledic visokih cen za gospodinjstva, kmete, podjetja in industrijo. (mp)