Following the US election, the EESC’s Follow-up Committee on Transatlantic Relations met on 15 December in a bid to re-establish a strong partnership with US civil society.

The EESC is pleased to see its recommendations reflected in the European Commission’s proposals for a European Climate Pact that supports existing and new climate action via peer learning, education, capacity building, the removal of barriers, and easier access to finance.

Blockchain technologies could offer useful solutions to the mining industry of the future, but the digital transition should take into account the social consequences. This was the main message from the online round table organised by the EESC’s Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) on 14 December 2020.

The European Commission and aviation stakeholders should come back to the discussion table to clarify the ambition of the new Single European Sky (SES) Regulation, says the EESC in a newly adopted opinion.

The new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was strongly criticised during a high-level conference held by the EESC. Representatives of civil society, think tanks and the European Parliament found that the new pact does not deliver the changes needed to create a proper common European migration and asylum system.

The EESC advocates a set of common principles for public services in order to help Member States comply fully with democracy and the rule of law.

The European Commission’s latest initiatives to regulate digital services and markets will ensure that providers take responsibility for the services they offer and that digital giants do not impose their own rules on Europe’s markets, said Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager at the EESC’s December plenary.

The Governing Council decided to reconfirm its very accommodative monetary policy stance.

The EESC welcomes the adoption by the EU’s Heads of State and Government of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 on 10 December 2020. The compromise on the European budget and the recovery fund plus a rule of law mechanism takes into consideration the proactive and comprehensive contribution of the EESC in favour of a more ambitious […]

Joint declaration by Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Jack O’Connor, President of the EESC’s Brexit Follow-Up Group