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Next generation of own resources

Antagna on 25/10/2023
Dokumentreferens: 
ECO/626-EESC-2023
Referral: 
COM(2023) 330 final COM(2023) 331 final 2021/0430 CNS
Rapporteur: 
Katrīna ZARIŅA (Employers - GR I / Latvia)
Co-rapporteur: 
Philip VON BROCKDORFF (Workers - GR II/Malta)
Plenarsession: 
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Oct 25, 2023 Oct 26, 2023

As committed during the negotiations on the long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission has on 20 June 2023 completed its proposal for a next generation of own resources. The package includes a new temporary statistical own resource based on company profits. The Commission  also proposes to adjust the own resources proposals based on the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) compared to the original proposals from December 2021.  

EESK:s yttrande: Next generation of own resources

Mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework

Antagna on 20/09/2023
Dokumentreferens: 
ECO/625-EESC-2023-03172
Referral: 
COM(2023) 336 final
Rapporteur: 
Elena-Alexandra CALISTRU (Diversity Europe - GR III/Romania), Konstantinos DIAMANTOUROS (Employers - GR I/Greece), Stefano PALMIERI (Workers - GR II/Italy) (Diversity Europe - GR III / Romania)
Plenarsession: 
581 -
Sep 20, 2023 Sep 21, 2023

The EESC has issued key recommendations for the mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027. The Committee calls for a prompt agreement on the MFF revision still this year, to guarantee continued financial backing of Ukraine and financing the EU´s evolving political priorities. However, the EESC criticizes the proposed changes as being too limited and lacking ambition, resembling mere patches. It advocates for long-term strategies centred on fiscal sustainability, efficient resource allocation, and measures to guard against unexpected events. Civil society should be engaged for effective planning and monitoring of MFF programmes.

EESK:s yttrande: Mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework

Second set of new own resources

Antagna on 14/06/2023
Dokumentreferens: 
ECO/617-EESC-2023
Rapporteur: 
Philip VON BROCKDORFF (Workers - GR II / Malta)
Plenarsession: 
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Jun 14, 2023 Jun 15, 2023

The EESC emphasises that the designing of proposals for new sources of own revenues should be done in context of the budgetary pressures faced by Member States following the pandemic and the ongoing international tensions. This has become all the more important in the current higher interest rate environment. The EESC also emphasises that the second set of own resources measures should be in line with the proportionality and social fairness principles. An EU-wide tax on digital transactions could be potentially considered to increase own resources in case the agreed rules of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework are not respected by other major trading partners.

EESK:s yttrande: Second set of new own resources

Climate Adjustment Fund financed by Cohesion and NGEU

Antagna on 21/09/2022
Dokumentreferens: 
ECO/583-EESC-2022
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Greece)
Co-rapporteur: 
Judith VORBACH (Workers - GR II/Austria)

EESC believes that there is a need to have a clear and structured view of which funds are targeted to tackle climate change and how they are managed. With an approved budget of over EUR 330 billion in the current programming period, cohesion policy is the largest and most important investment tool in Europe. As 30% of both the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) will need to be spent on projects for decarbonising our economy, cohesion policy has a crucial role in tackling climate change. Moreover, funds will also be made available under NGEU, as the green transition is one of the main targets of recovery and resilience after COVID-19.

EESK:s yttrande: Climate Adjustment Fund financed by Cohesion and NGEU

Proposal for an own resources decision

Antagna on 18/05/2022
Dokumentreferens: 
ECO/561-EESC-2021-03929
Referral: 
COM(2021) 566 final COM(2021) 569 final 2021/0429 APPCOM(2021) 569 final 2021/0429 APPCOM(2021) 570 final 2021/0430 CNS
Rapporteur: 
Philip VON BROCKDORFF (Workers - GR II / Malta)
Co-rapporteur: 
Antonio GARCÍA DEL RIEGO (Employers - GR I/Spain)

The EESC considers that it is necessary to add new own resources to cover the debt repayment resulting from borrowing under the NextGenerationEU initiative without jeopardising the budgets of other EU programmes and instruments, or substantially increasing the Gross National Income (GNI)-based resource contribution. Although the Commission proposals as set out in the communication are deemed necessary, EESC believes that the Commission should ensure that the design of the new system is based on achieving equity and fairness, efficiency, transparency, simplicity and stability, with a focus on competitiveness and applying solidarity where necessary.

EESK:s yttrande: Proposal for an own resources decision

NextGenerationEU funding strategy

Antagna on 07/07/2021
Dokumentreferens: 
ECO/548-EESC-2021-02011
Referral: 
COM(2021) 250 final
Rapporteur: 
Judith VORBACH (Workers - GR II / Austria)

The Own Resources Decision (ORD) entered into force on 1 June, enabling the Commission to start borrowing resources for the Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery instrument. For the EESC, a well-functioning funding strategy is key for the smooth implementation of NGEU. Sound and sustainable funding and solid risk management are in the very interests of civil society. Moreover, borrowing and debt management has to be based on democratic control, legitimacy and transparency.

The EESC stresses how important it is that the Commission manage the funding strategy directly and does not outsource this. The massive engagement on capital markets will be accompanied with a broad set of risks. The EESC supports the establishment of solid risk-management systems and the holding of the 'NGEU account' with the ECB.

EESK:s yttrande: NextGenerationEU funding strategy

A new European Research Area (ERA) for research and innovation

Antagna on 24/03/2021
Dokumentreferens: 
INT/924-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 628 final
Rapporteur: 
Paul RÜBIG (Employers - GR I / Austria)

The EESC welcomes the new vision for the ERA agenda and is pleased that this is a real "New Deal" for the EU's research, technology and innovation.

EESK:s yttrande: A new European Research Area (ERA) for research and innovation

Recovery plan for Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

Antagna on 15/07/2020
Dokumentreferens: 
ECO/523-EESC-2020-02886-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2020) 441 final 2020/0111 NLECOM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 445 final 2018/0135 CNSCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 456 final COM(2020) 459 final 2018/0224 COD
Rapporteur: 
Petru Sorin DANDEA (Workers - GR II/Romania), Tommaso DI FAZIO (/Italy), Petr ZAHRADNÍK (/Czech Republic) (Workers - GR II / Romania)

The EESC strongly supports the Commission's proposal – Next Generation EU – as a specific tool for a quick and effective recovery.

The EESC takes a very positive view of the Commission's two main decisions:

  1. to introduce an extraordinary financial recovery instrument as part of the multiannual financial framework
  2. to raise common debt, which will be repaid over a long period of time, and prevent the extraordinary financial burden from falling directly on the Member States in the short run.

The EESC strongly welcomes the fact that the newly proposed instrument should be closely coordinated with the European Semester process, and furthermore welcomes the Commission's proposal to introduce additional genuine own resources based on different taxes (revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System, digital taxation, large companies' revenues).

EESK:s yttrande: Recovery plan for Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

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