INTERVIEW / Angelova (EESC): "EU must support 'blue diplomacy' and water cooperation in the world" The co-rapporteur of the European Economic and Social Committee explains to Eunews how Brussels should aim to ensure water resilience not only within but especially outside its borders. Migration pres...

💧The #EU should ensure #WaterResilience not only within but especially outside its borders. Migration pressure is also at stake.

In an interview to Eunews, Milena Angelova explains the link btw water, climate & #security. The EU foreign policy should integrate #BlueDiplomacy

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🌾When the EU Commission presented its proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (#CAP), it presented it as a bold new course toward #simplification & #EUCompetitiveness. But can this reform deliver on its ambition❓

➡️ Learn more: link.europa.eu/8xfHcT

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How can establishing the 28th Regime offer a unified legal framework to support businesses ❓ Our latest Study explores just that

🎯 The message is clear: the 28th regime should evolve with users, not be imposed on them

➡️ Read the Study: link.europa.eu/YKdXrw
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🏦 Why is #securitisation a strategic financing superpower❓

Keeping #banks financing the real economy without excessive reliance on public or external capital, securitisation mobilises private capital in service of public goals 🎯

➡️ Learn more: link.europa.eu/gCvjTP

📍 Since the #Letta & #Draghi reports too little has changed. The watchwords are clear: #competitiveness & #simplification. But these words must be transformed into concrete reforms & investments

➡️ Read more with Emilie Prouzet, new President of the Internal Market section: link.europa.eu/VRdDx3

YouTube video by EmployersEESC Speech by Alena Mastantuono, new EESC VP for budget at #EESCplenary

🗨️ Our advisory role has never been more important. It is our duty to make sure that the realities citizens & #businesses face every day are heard and understood at every level 📍
Alena Mastantuono, new EESC VP for budget at #EESCplenary
🎥 Watch the video: youtu.be/GUHoW81mnNs

YouTube video by EmployersEESC Speech by Sandra Parthie, new President of the EESC Employers' Group

📍 #EU enterprises sustain the very fabric of our societies & must be given the space to flourish, not be bound by red tape. We need a #Europe that leads rather than follows 🎯
Our Pres. @sandraparthie.bsky.social at #EESCplenary

🎥 Watch the video: youtu.be/7h-r-D7qMCU

📢 Our October #newsletter is out! This month we talk about:

🔹 #EESC Renewal
🔹 The vision of our new President
🔹 A word from Alena Mastantuono, new VP for Budget, & Emilie Prouzet, new President of EESC INT
🔹 #CleanIndustrialDeal
🔹 CAP

...and more❗
➡️ Read our newsletter: lnkd.in/eEtp9Bh

🗣️ We cannot choose btw climate action & economic growth. Heat & water are destroying capital. We must move to low-carbon energy & improve #energy efficiency. Businesses provide solutions but we need clarity on targets 🎯

@sandraparthie.bsky.social at #EFNI2025

📍 Preparedness & #defence are two sides of the same coin. A strong #economy ensures preparedness. We don't need more regulation, but more transparency & flexibility. This helps #businesses & boosts the confidence needed to face crises🛡️

Stefano Mallia at #EFNI2025

YouTube video by EmployersEESC The Water Resilience Strategy

💧 The EU #WaterResilienceStrategy builds on the #EESC work on the #BlueDeal. It is not only a way to protect the environment but also to preserve #EUCompetitiveness & ensure the #preparedness of our society 📈

👇 Learn more w/ András Edelényi: link.europa.eu/RCHtJd
@ccmi-eesc.bsky.social

YouTube video by EmployersEESC How can we foster the EU clean tech sector?

How can we foster the EU #cleantech sector❓With a clean tech #industrial policy that can deliver:

✅Decarbonisation
✅#EUCompetitiveness
✅ Resilience

➡️ Learn more with our member Pietro Francesco De Lotto and read our Opinion: link.europa.eu/bnH8WB

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How can the EU lead the next automotive revolution❓

✅ A bold industrial policy
✅ A just social transition
✅ Sustainable mobility

This will build a more #innovative & #competitive Europe 🎯

Learn more with Rapporteur Gonçalo da Gama Lobo: link.europa.eu/ctXHCq
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YouTube video by EmployersEESC Call for fair competition with regard to 3rd country platforms

📍#Competition must be fair, transparent & sustainable, but third country platforms, particularly from #China, are testing the limits of that commitment. We need action to protect our #SingleMarket
#Act4EUCompetitiveness

➡️ Read our article: europa.eu/!XFMjBJ

🗣️ For too long 🇪🇺 has been burdened by excessive regulations. The #Omnibus packages & #simplification agenda are steps forward but they must deliver tangible & measurable impacts. Not years from now, but NOW ⏳

Our member MilenaAngelova at the OPC Summit organised by #SMEConnect

YouTube video by EmployersEESC "Europe’s climate targets should consider EU enlargement": Teppo Säkkinen at EESC Plenary

🗣️ Climate targets must be coupled w/ enabling policies to ensure #EUCompetitiveness of industries, a just transition & use of all clean technologies. #Enlargement must also be considered as it will impact #climate policy.
Teppo Säkkinen at #EESCplenary

🔗 Read the Opinion: link.europa.eu/Nxr9wW

Can Europe’s start-ups escape the Valley of Death?

#EU start-ups are world class but too many move abroad in search of funding, talent or easier #markets. How can they escape the "Valley of Death"❓

Let's find out with Rapporteur @miramaria.bsky.social for @brusselstimes.com

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📢 Our September #newsletter is out! This month we talk about

🔹 #SOTEU
🔹 Start-ups & scale-ups
🔹 Enforcement of #SingleMarket Rules
🔹 Fair #competition
🔹 #Defence investments
🔹 EU #Steel & Metals Action Plan
🔹 #Automotive Industry

...and much more❗🔗 link.europa.eu/KW3NqM
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The #Draghi report set the course of action but #businesses need results now. #EUCompetitiveness is not a slogan, it is the condition for 🇪🇺’s prosperity. Better #regulation & robust governance are the foundations 🎯

➡️ More: lnkd.in/eXd93QTm
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📢 We strongly support Pres. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu urgent push for a stronger #EU with a focus on #industrial & #EUCompetitiveness. The new initiatives announced at #SOTEU are positive, but the real test lies in delivery 🎯
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➡️ Read our press release: europa.eu/!GgtG4j

#EUCompetitiveness is on trial: the EU must accelerate the pace for transformation. Pres @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu in her #SOTEU has a unique chance to set the tone for the years ahead. #EU employers are listening for urgency.

Our Pres Stefano Mallia for @agenceurope.bsky.social

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AI and clear ‘tables of obligations’ would cut EU red tape, says EESC Vice-President - EU Perspectives European legislation is so complex that even lawmakers themselves often find it difficult to navigate. This often results in obsolete impact assessments or contradictions among various pieces of EU le...

EU #legislation is so complex that even lawmakers themselves often find it difficult to navigate. We recommend streamlining the process though both plain language & #digital technologies🎯

👇 Read the interview of our member Alena Mastantuono for #EUPerspective
#AI #Digitalisation

📢 The new @europarl.europa.eu #Eurobarometer confirm what #EU citizens consider priorities:

❇️ #Defence & #security (37%)
❇️ #EUCompetitiveness (32%)
❇️ #Energy independence (27%)

EU businesses are part of the solution and will keep doing their part 🎯
➡️ More: europa.eu/!vvRMYM
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🚢 The Emissions Trading System is a pillar of the #green objectives but so far #impact assessments focused on carbon leakage and not on indirect effect on firms. They should.

👇 Read more w/ Rapporteur Krister Andersson:
europa.eu/!kbfxB9

#Act4EUCompetitiveness

YouTube video by EmployersEESC Fragmentation of supply chains

🚢 Fragmentation of #supply chains and disruptions in international #trade networks contribute to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, affecting millions across the #EU.

👇 Learn more with rapporteur Dimitris Dimitriadis:

What role can Ukrainian employers play in policy reforms needed for the country's integration in the #EU❓

From providing input on the EU legislation to advocating for reforms that enhance #Ukraine's #competitiveness, their role will be essential.

➡️ More: europa.eu/!HcKFDf

YouTube video by EmployersEESC Regulatory technology offers a way forward

Despite digital tools, our laws remain complex, fragmented & difficult to navigate ❌

#RegTech offers a way forward. It can map legal obligations, clarify rule interactions, reduce time & cost of compliance 🎯

👇 Learn more with our member Alena Mastantuono

#Act4EUCompetitiveness

YouTube video by EmployersEESC Peace and Climate Change

💭 #Climate change is a driver of global insecurity.
Climate action must be embedded into #foreign & #security policy. We call for a coherent approach to climate #geopolitics within the #EU external policy 🌍

Rapporteur Dimitri Dimitriadis on #ClimateDiplomacy

Europe's massive regulatory costs calls for urgent adoption of digital solutions As RegTech gains momentum, Europe's bureaucratic inertia threatens to squander digital opportunities.

#Europe's massive regulatory costs calls for urgent adoption of digital solutions. #RegTech is one of them. It allows to convert legislative language into actionable obligations.

👇 Learn more with Alena Mastantuono for the @brusselstimes.com ‬

YouTube video by EmployersEESC Joint White Paper for European Defence Readiness 2030

📍With rising threats and war on Europe’s doorstep, the 🇪🇺 must act now. We back the Joint #WhitePaper for European #Defence Readiness 2030 but call for deeper EU-NATO ties, EU-led programmes for sensitive tech & support from the EIB.

👇Learn more with Rapporteur Marcin Nowacki
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