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Civil society wants Europe to show, on 22 May, that it is able to put a stop to tax havens, at least within its own borders. The public are looking on with a mixture of incomprehension and incredulity, and see an urgent need for action: while their taxes are being raised to address endless government deficits, they can read stories in the newspapers every day about individuals and businesses avoiding taxes thanks to tax havens within the European Union itself. And this week, Europe has once again failed to put a stop to it.
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Five years after the start of the financial crisis, Austria stands out as having the lowest youth unemployment rate in the EU at 7,8 %. The impact of the crisis on the country’s labour market seems inconsiderable – from 2001 the overall unemployment rate has oscillated between 3,5 % and 5%.
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Europe 2020 Steering Committee. Contributions from Economic and Social Councils and similar institutions from EU Member States.
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Mid-term renewal of the Committee (2013-2015) | Speeches by Georges Dassis, President of the Workers’ Group, and Hans-Joachim Wilms, elected EESC vice-president responsible for the budget
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Achim Steiner talked to EU civil society about Rio+20 follow-up actions, the sustainable development goals and the post-2015 development agenda
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner spoke yesterday to the European Economic and Social Committee and other European civil society representatives on the subject of “Advancing Sustainable Development Post-Rio+20″. Mr Steiner spoke of the need for a fully inclusive consultation process for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that must involve governments, civil society and the private sector. This struck a chord with the EESC, which has already started its Rio+20 follow-up work by setting up broad consultation forums with civil society and institutional stakeholders at EU level on the sustainable development goals and linking them with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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There must be an open and transparent European energy dialogue both within and between EU Member States: this is the message of a joint declaration adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute yesterday in Paris. This text will be presented to the European Council ahead of its 22 May meeting centred on energy.
Mr Malosse, EESC President, and Jacques Delors, former European Commission president and founding president of Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute, stress that the public are worried about energy issues. Energy policy can mobilise them around a European project that offers them added value and real, tangible results.
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Speech of president Henri Malosse at the Mali Donors Conference
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Henri Malosse, European Economic and Social Committee, has just opened the Mali donors’ conference for development in Mali that meets 80 countries and 10 Heads of State.
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UNEP, the EESC and its partners
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The aim of the hearing is to bring together experts, civil society representatives and decision-makers from national and European institutions, think tanks and volunteering organisations, who will present their views on the availability and need for such statistical data. Based on the findings of the hearing, the EESC will draw up an own-initiative opinion on the same topic, to be presented later in the course of 2013.
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The EESC is hosting its 490th Plenary Session on 22-23 May 2013 with 2 major thematic debates: “One Single Tariff” and “Getting young people into work. Best practice”
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Minimum income schemes are important tools to combat poverty and social exclusion, since they ensure personal security, play a significant role in redistributing wealth and guarantee more solidarity and social justice. This hearing will reflect on a better measurement of poverty and on the problems of adopting a European minimum income scheme. It will bring together experts and people involved in advocacy work to contribute to the EESC opinion.
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The 6th joint seminar is a part of existing format of cooperation between the EESC and the Civic Chamber of Russian Federation under which one joint seminar is organized each year.
Following the last Joint Declaration of the 5th joint seminar, the two main topics which will be addressed during the 6th seminar are human rights and trade. The conclusions of the seminar will be sent to relevant institutions prior to the next EU-Russia Summit scheduled for mid-2013.
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Plus de mille morts, dont de nombreux mineurs et une majorité de filles. Des ateliers insalubres. Des salaires de misère.
Bien entendu tout cela se passe à des milliers de kilomètres de chez nous. Et nous ne nous sentons pas responsables.
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The role of the EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) created by the EESC in 1995 is to promote interaction between the economic and social actors of organised civil society in the EU and Turkey.
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The European Integration Forum – the dialogue platform on integration of immigrants – will meet for the ninth time on 4-5 June 2013 in the EESC premises. The theme of this meeting will be: ‘The integration of young migrants in the European society’.
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The European Integration Forum – the dialogue platform on integration of immigrants – will meet for the ninth time on 4-5 June 2013 in the EESC premises. The theme of this meeting will be: ‘The integration of young migrants in the European society’.
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The European Integration Forum – the dialogue platform on integration of immigrants – will meet for the ninth time on 4-5 June 2013 in the EESC premises. The theme of this meeting will be: ‘The integration of young migrants in the European society’.
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Improving accessibility is a crucial policy because it improves the capacity of citizens with disabilities to fully enjoy their rights as citizens. As such, accessibility should be regarded as a human right on its own. The hearing will convey a broad perspective on the topic covering not only physical but also electronic accessibility.
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13rd Meeting of Europe 2020 Steering Committee with participation of representatives of national economic and social councils and similar organisations.
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Public hearing in the framework of the opinion ECO/347, held on Thursday, 30 May 2013 at the EESC´s premises in Brussels. The hearing will gather representatives of the financial sector as well as organisations representing the stakeholders in financial markets. The aim is to explore the various demands and needs and make a first attempt at identifying common trends that the EESC can put forward in its opinion on behalf of organised civil society .
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16-18 avril 2013: 489th plenary session
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Open Doors Day 2013
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