The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions and information reports a year.
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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.
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.
Download — Mnenje strokovne skupine EESO: The role of services of general interest (SGI) for competitiveness, social cohesion and democracy in the European Union
Dominika BIEGON (Workers - GR II/Germany), Konstantinos DIAMANTOUROS (Employers - GR I/Greece), Luca JAHIER (Civil Society Organisations - GR III/Italy)
Plenary session number
601
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V pripravi (updated on 24/06/2025) - Bureau decision date: 28/04/2025
Pietro Vittorio BARBIERI (Civil Society Organisations - GR III/Italy), Peter SCHMIDT (Workers - GR II/Germany), Christa SCHWENG (Employers - GR I/Austria)
Plenary session number
598
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V pripravi (updated on 23/06/2025) - Bureau decision date: 23/01/2025
Dumitru FORNEA (Workers - GR II/Romania), Decebal-Ștefăniță PADURE (Employers - GR I/Romania), Ionuţ SIBIAN (Civil Society Organisations - GR III/Romania)
Plenary session number
598
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Download — Mnenje strokovne skupine EESO: The importance of institutionalising civil and social dialogue in EU candidate and partner countries
The European Economic and Social Committee emphasizes the urgent need for climate action to prevent the worst impacts of climate change from affecting societies and, ultimately, the EU population, and views the European Climate Law as a key instrument in achieving this goal. CO2 levels emitted into the atmosphere have continued to rise globally, with a new peak being reached in 2023. The EESC is convinced that the greatest support for climate policy will be established if the overall aim is to achieve the highest greenhouse gas emissions reduction at the lowest socio-economic costs.
V pripravi (updated on 18/06/2025) - Bureau decision date: 23/01/2025
Download — Mnenje strokovne skupine EESO: Looking to the future of EU-UK relations: 2026 Review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) from a civil society perspective
The opinion focuses on the legislative proposals package "Omnibus IV" whose measures ease compliance obligations and thus free resources for growth and investment across the Single Market for small-mid caps.
V pripravi (updated on 12/06/2025) - Bureau decision date: 25/03/2025
This exploratory opinion will focus on the comprehensive evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives that the Commission has envisaged to carry out; such evaluation will look into whether the current rules are fit for purpose or not. The EESC opinion aims at contributing to this exercise reflecting the perspective of civil society.
V pripravi (updated on 07/06/2025) - Bureau decision date: 28/04/2025