The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has adopted two new opinions warning that Europe’s defence ambitions risk falling short unless its industrial base becomes more integrated, better funded and easier to coordinate across Member States.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has adopted a new opinion calling on the EU to accelerate biotechnology development, warning that Europe risks falling behind global competitors while patients face delays in accessing new treatments.
For decades, water policy has sat quietly in the background of European governance — technical, fragmented, often overlooked. That era is over. Today, water resilience is rapidly emerging as one of the most strategic challenges facing the continent, shaped by the accelerating pressures of climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and unsustainable consumption. In a recent opinion adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the urgency of building water resilience across the continent is made unmistakably clear.
The EESC March plenary saw the adoption of an exploratory opinion on housing at the request of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU which calls for more ambitious initiatives from the European institutions while recognising that the competence must remain national, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposals to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, stressing that simplification must strengthen competitiveness without weakening fundamental rights, social standards or legal certainty.
At its March 2026 plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an exploratory opinion addressing how artificial intelligence and algorithmic management are reshaping work across Europe. Building on the Committee’s long‑standing engagement with social and employment policies, the opinion outlines a roadmap to ensure that AI strengthens workers’ rights, enhances job quality and supports a fair, competitive and inclusive digital transformation.
In an opinion adopted at its March plenary on the review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) calls for the EU’s sustainable finance framework to remain robust and aligned with the Green Deal. While supporting simplification, the Committee warns that the revision must preserve transparency, prevent greenwashing and keep capital flowing towards the green and social transition.
The European Commission has opened a call for experts to join the new Water Resilience Stakeholder Platform, a key initiative under the EU Water Resilience Strategy. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), which will co-chair the platform, has been actively advocating for such a mechanism through its EU Blue Deal initiative since 2023, calling for a more coordinated and inclusive European approach to water.
In an opinion adopted at its March plenary session, the EESC calls for more ambitious reforms to integrate Europe’s capital markets and reinforce EU-level supervision, warning that persistent fragmentation is holding back investment, competitiveness and growth. Supporting the European Commission’s proposals for greater integration of capital markets and an efficient supervision system, the Committee stresses that only deeper market integration and coherent, streamlined supervision will allow EU capital markets to compete globally and allocate investment efficiently across the EU.
