Given, in particular, the changes in the internal market following the successive enlargements of the European Union, the EU legislature could undertake a reassessment of the interests of undertakings taking advantage of the freedom to provide services and the interests of their workers posted to a host Member State, in order to ensure that the […]
The fundamental rights of the person who is the subject of the European investigation order are sufficiently protected both at the stage of issuing that order and at the stage of its execution in another Member State
By the EESC Employers’ Group In response to the European Commission’s recently published Autumn 2020 Economic Forecast, the Employers’ Group issued a statement on the initiative of its president Stefano Mallia. The Group concurred with the European Commission’s Autumn 2020 Economic Forecast, which stressed that Europe’s economic rebound has been interrupted by the resurgence of […]
By the EESC Workers’ Group The preservation of workers’ rights must be a top priority in any recovery and reconstruction plan in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with solidarity as its guiding principle. To distil this into concrete priorities and actions, the Workers’ Group organised an extraordinary meeting on 24 November.
By the EESC Diversity Europe Group With the start of the EESC’s new term of office (2020-2025), Séamus Boland took over the presidency of the Diversity Europe Group. The Group confirmed his new role during its first meeting of the new term held on 27 October.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has released the full programme of its new president, Christa Schweng, for her 2020-2023 term of office. It is now online and is available in all EU languages.
In an annual conference held entirely online on 3-4 November, the EESC voiced its determination to help make the Circular Economy Platform a real hub of the collective effort to build a circular economy in Europe.
The specific needs of women and children striving to overcome discrimination or obstacles to their integration are not always fully taken into consideration in the integration policies of EU Member States. The EESC has put forward ways to address these shortcomings in an exploratory opinion presented at the October plenary session.
Taking into account the disastrous social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the EESC has outlined in two opinions its views on the current economic crisis and on recovery perspectives in the EU.
On 5 and 6 November, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) held the Third Policy Learning Forum (PLF) on upskilling pathways. It brought together social partners and government and civil society representatives relevant to this area, who warned that the current pandemic might further accelerate the changes in […]
