Single European airspace: now or never2013-06-12
Description:11 June 2013 The European Commission has finally realised that there can be no single market without a single European sky, said the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in its reaction to the Single European Sky II+ project which was unveiled today.

The credit crunch and shrinking savings: how to break the vicious circle to kick-start recovery?2013-06-07
Description:07 June 2013 Low credit offerings lead to low consumption levels, which in turn cause the economy to stagnate. That is the key problem of the current economic crisis. The EU needs to respond and reverse the trend, but one question remains: how? On 6 June 2013, the Various Interests...

Moving Greece towards sustainable development: the only road for the future!2013-06-04
Description:04 June 2013 On 31 May, the Various Interests Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised the conference, "The Impact of the Crisis on Greek Citizens: moving forward towards recovery", in Thessaloniki.

Civil society urges the Council to end tax evasion2013-05-22
Description:22 May 2013 The EESC is urging the Council to send out the right signal to the European public and to prove that Europe is able to tackle this fundamental issue. Tax evasion costs EUR 1 trillion a year - EUR 2 000 for each and every one of Europe's...

The Austrian youth employment strategy and social dimension of the EMU, highlights of the May EESC plenary session2013-05-22
Description:21 May 2013 At its upcoming plenary session of 22-23 May, the European Economic and Social Committee will host a debate with Vincent Chauvet and Martin Wittenberg, initiators of the ongoing European Citizens' Initiative, "One single tariff".

How are we living up to the Rio+20 commitments on sustainable development?2013-05-21
Description:Europäischer Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss 15 May 2013 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...

The real overall cost of intermittent renewable energy must be better assessed and revealed, urges the EESC2013-04-26
Description:26 April 2013 The debate on the overall cost of electricity from intermittent renewable energy sources must be completely transparent and the data publicly available, said the European Economic and Social Committee at Wednesday's Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers in Dublin.

Statement by the EESC President Without a European vision, there can be no sustainable solution to energy access2013-04-25
Description:24 April 2013 During his visit to Lithuania, Henri Malosse, EESC President, travelled to the Ignalina plant, closed at the request of the European Commission as one of the conditions of Lithuania's accession to the European Union.

European presidency and energy issues on the agenda for meeting with Lithuanian President2013-04-22
Description:22 April 2013 EESC president Henri Malosse today met the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, to address the challenge of the lack of support by European citizens for the European leadership. With particular reference to energy issues, he warned about the impact of policies that did not involve the people and...

There is no single market without a single European airspace2013-04-19
Description:19 April 2013 A single European airspace will not emerge without greater leadership from the European Commission and a better enforcement of EU legislation, said the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) during its April plenary session.