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.
… energy transition in order to build and promote the EU's strategicautonomy in the field of energy , based on seven … to lead Europe to a secure, sustainable and competitive "strategic energy autonomy". Demands that the social dimension …
… Key points The EESC proposes a definition of open strategicautonomy applied to food systems based on food production, … EU food sustainability standards and competitiveness. Open strategicautonomy and the sustainability of food systems are …
… Confronted with increasing instability, increased strategic competition and growing security threats, the EU … industrial policy and sectoral policies in strengthening strategicautonomy and promoting European competitiveness at global …
… speeding up the transition to a circular economy and EU strategicautonomy even more compelling . The 5 th European Circular … of our businesses and our people, and to boost the EU's strategicautonomy. Frans Timmermans , Executive …
… Originally focused on matters of security and defence, open strategicautonomy has expanded to encompass a wide range of policies … still do not agree to what levels of ambition should strategicautonomy be pursued or how would the concept of …
… China has set itself the ambition of reaching 70% autonomy in chip production. To this end, its "Made in China … as well as by subsidising a foreign investor; establishing strategic roadmaps and research and investment plans for … Addressing structural shortages and strengthening strategicautonomy in the semiconductor ecosystem … …
… identified by the Commission will contribute to the EU's strategicautonomy and the well-being of its citizens. … How will given industrial ecosystems contribute to the strategicautonomy of the EU and the wellbeing of Europeans? …
… continent, exacerbating the need to look into and address strategic dependencies in each industrial sector. Most … We now need to rethink the objectives of the transition. Strategicautonomy and defence must be our new imperative," urged MEP …
… and the energy crisis. Driving sustainable recovery, open strategicautonomy and resilience , the circular economy can be key in … Economy Stakeholder Conference 2023 - Recovery, Open StrategicAutonomy and Resilience … Circular Economy …
… legislation like the AI Act and Chips Act to enhance strategicautonomy and bolster national security and economic growth; … learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI); believes that a strategic Drone Technology Roadmap for Europe is essential …
Drone manufacturing industry: a case study to assess the outcome in a strategic sector of the different policies in place to enhance European strategic autonomy
… EU become more resilient and able to safeguard its strategic interests effectively. The EU is gearing up to … Second World War, and it cannot afford to be fuzzy on what strategicautonomy means. The study carried out by the Centre for …
… changing the industrial strategy we need to pursue. Strategicautonomy and defence must be our new imperative," urged MEP … must go hand in hand with competitiveness and strategicautonomy … Industrial policy: sustainability must …
… our Conference on Accelerating transitions to build open strategicautonomy for Europe. The three Committee Observatories, the … organised the conference together to look at Europe's open strategicautonomy from various perspectives. What does open …
… EU to enhance its resilience and ability to safeguard its strategic interests effectively. As the EU is gearing up to … War II era, the EU can ill afford to be vague about what strategicautonomy means. The study carried out by Centre for European …
… to the European Parliament and the Council on 2023 Strategic Foresight Report - Sustainability and people's wellbeing at the heart of Europe's Open StrategicAutonomy - COM(2023) 376 final Key points The EESC: …
… The EESC: Encourages the EC to continue developing the strategic foresight agenda , and calls for increased … help to pinpoint trends and possible solutions. Calls the strategic foresight agenda, and the EC's action, to gear … of generating quality jobs. The need for strategic energy autonomy and to support businesses and workers following on …
… and people's wellbeing at the heart of Europe's Open StrategicAutonomy. With the opinion, the EESC is also contributing to the ongoing EU debate on open strategicautonomy and the priorities for the new European …
… On 29 June 2022, the European Commission adopted its 2022 Strategic Foresight Report (SFR), with the title Twinning the … them so as to strengthen the EU's resilience and open strategicautonomy. In its opinion, the EESC comments on the 2022 SFR …
… for Europeans but should give more consideration to strategicautonomy The proposed revamp of EU regulation relating to the … competitive and attracts investment. We need to achieve strategicautonomy and for that we need security of supply. …
… procedure for a study on "What ways and means for a real strategicautonomy of the EU in the economic field?" This announcement … in participating. DESCRIPTION With the war in Ukraine, strategicautonomy, usually understood through a security …
… procedure for a study on What ways and means for a real strategicautonomy of the EU in the economic field? This announcement … With all eyes on the war in Ukraine, the notion of strategicautonomy is experiencing a revival in the EU. Faced …
… drafting its opinion ( INT/1039 ) on the Commission's 2023 Strategic Foresight Report (SFR) focusing on 'Sustainability … and people's wellbeing at the hearth of Europe's Open StrategicAutonomy". The hearing consisted of two panels, each …
… to provide production incentives in order to ensure better strategicautonomy in the supply of radioisotopes. Despite being a … to respond to the needs of patients. Europe should have strategic projects of common interest in this area under the …
… impeding progress on the twin transition and on Open StrategicAutonomy and Economic Security. Looking at global economic … before 2030. The European way to competitiveness and open strategicautonomy has to be the way of the Single Market. In …
… of the ambition for a more competitive economy, the strategicautonomy of the EU and the green and digital transitions; … data to facilitate the later. ECO/615-EESC-2023-00763 The strategic importance of the EU financial sector – How to …
… Member states' strategic plans for the new CAP - Relevant EESC opinions A … States have until 1 January 2022 to submit their draft strategic plans tailoring the provisions of the CAP to the … strategy on sustainable rural/urban development Strategicautonomy and food security and sustainability Towards a Fair …
… elements to enhance EU industry's resilience and strategicautonomy. This topic will be tackled through two panels: the first panel will deal with strategicautonomy in strategic value chains; the second …
… Ensuring the EU's open strategicautonomy in the future may well require a geopolitical focus, … not be neglected, says the EESC in a recent opinion on the Strategic Foresight Report 2021, which it finds lacking in …
… The conference on Strategic foresight: a vision for the future of Europe , held … underlining that these should be reflected in the Strategic Foresight Reports drafted by the Commission. EESC … guide its activity today. Geopolitics and strategicautonomy: EU needs to become a true actor Can strategic …
… for Europeans, but should give more consideration to strategicautonomy The proposed revamp of the EU regulation on the … competitive and attracts investment. "We need to achieve strategicautonomy and for that we need security of supply. …
… exercise from the start. The EESC opinion on the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report (SFR), adopted at the March … and consistency. In this respect, the EESC calls for a strategic foresight agenda geared towards a new development … quality jobs; the need to achieve strategic energy autonomy and to support businesses and workers, following on …
… of states, which stressed the need to reduce Europe’s strategic dependencies in sensitive sectors such as health … to provide production incentives in order to ensure better strategicautonomy in the supply of radioisotopes. Despite being a …
… exercise from the start. The EESC opinion on the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report (SFR), adopted at the March … and consistency. In this respect, the EESC calls for a strategic foresight agenda geared towards a new development … quality jobs; the need to achieve strategic energy autonomy and to support businesses and workers, following on …
… to lifelong learning opportunities. Also Europe's open strategicautonomy depends – to a large extent – on Europeans having the right skills to drive the development of strategic sectors. I firmly believe that we need to …
… elements to enhance EU industry's resilience and strategicautonomy. In particular, the topic has been tackled through two panels: the first panel dealing with strategicautonomy in strategic value chains; the second …
… The EESC held a conference on the future of European strategicautonomy. The event was organised jointly by three Committee … on matters of security and defence, the concept of open strategicautonomy now encompasses a wide range of policies, …
… crucial building blocks for the EU’s resilience and strategicautonomy. Moreover, they offer also a wealth of solutions for … To maintain its global industrial leadership and achieve strategicautonomy, the EU should accelerate its research and …
… and sustainability of EU food systems by reinforcing its autonomy. Food security is not a given for many EU citizens. The EESC, in its own-initiative-opinion on Strategicautonomy and food security and sustainability [1] … session - 21-22 October - proposes a definition of open strategicautonomy applied to food systems based on food …
… The EESC is currently working on a new opinion document "Strategicautonomy and semiconductors - Addressing structural shortages and strengthening strategicautonomy in the semiconductor ecosystem".  The …
… European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) debated its strategic vision on energy, highlighting the actions needed … in the debate on the EU's energy transition and strategicautonomy, which featured Professor Leonardo Meeus …
… elements to enhance EU industry's resilience and strategicautonomy. The topics were addressed by two panels: the first looked at strategicautonomy in strategic value chains and the second …
… and Social Committee (EESC) sounds the alarm on the EU's strategicautonomy, urging the EU to invest heavily in critical sectors … Europe’s defence capabilities to adapt to the new strategic environment, and offering continued military …
… non-EU-based tech companies is limiting its leadership and strategicautonomy in the digital world, and in turn limiting its … in the digital sector to be directed towards an open strategicautonomy in the digital economy. This should …
… How to best ensure the strategicautonomy of Europe's industry was the focus of a debate on … economy, contribute to Europe's recovery and increase its strategicautonomy and resilience. Opening the debate, EESC …
… EESC opinion on the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report - COM(2022) 289 final Key points … the single market’s potential; is of the view that "open strategicautonomy" should be adopted, especially in key sectors.  For …
… it has an important role in strengthening the Europe’s strategicautonomy, resilience, and competitiveness. It is also a fact … opportunities for strengthening the EU’s resilience and strategicautonomy are to be found outside the EU itself. At …
… that critical raw materials play in securing EU's open strategicautonomy in EU industry's green and digital transition and … the EESC president, who also stressed the need for strategic partnerships with like-minded countries around the …
… own-initiative opinion will examine four key dimensions:  Strategicautonomy in health: the global competition for control of value chains and strategic dependencies for active pharmaceutical ingredients, …
… tool through which China carved for itself a new strategic geopolitical position in the world, the EESC … can have on EU's policies such as twin transition, open strategicautonomy, access to critical technologies, security and …