Section for Single Market, Production and Consumption Contribu C tio

• The European Economic and Social Committee is a consultative body established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to allow, through its opinions, the voices of economic and social actors to be heard by the European institutions, and thus participate in the European Union’s decision-making process. [...] Today, it faces challenges related to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, the digital transition, the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis. [...] As regards these key issues, the work of the INT section and the EESC’s opinions, continue to help make the single market one of the assets of the recovery and a sustainable, resilient and solidarity-based economy. [...] The EESC has adopted many opinions in the area of the Single market, in particular: • A way forward for the deepening of the Single market through digitalization (25.10.2023) • The Single Market at 30 – how to further improve its functioning (27.4.2023) • Evaluation of the State subsidy rules for health and social services of general economic interest (27.4.2023) • Single market emergency instrume. [...] It has carried out many activities and adopted several opinions on these issues: • Social economy package (25.10.2023) • Commission Communication – EU action plan for the social economy (26.8.2022) • Innovative financial instruments as part of the development of social impact companies (19.1.2022) • The role of the social economy in the creation of jobs and in the implementation of the European Pi.