Recommendations of organised civil society to address the cost-of-living crisis

ECO/660 Recommendations of organised civil society to address the cost-of-living crisis OPINION Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion Recommendations of organised civil society to address the cost-of-living crisis (own-initiative opinion) Rapporteur: Krister ANDERSSON Rapporteur: Krzysztof BALON Rapporteur: Thomas KATTNIG Contact eco@eesc.europa.eu Administrator Krisztina PERLAKY-TÓTH Document date 8/7/2025 Advisors Tellervo KYLÄ-HARAKKA-RUONALA (to the rapporteur Krister ANDERSSON) Kamila PŁOWIEC (to the rapporteur Krzysztof BALON) Peter HILPOLD (to the rapporteur Thomas KATTNIG) Plenary Assembly decision 5/12/2024 Legal basis Rule 52(2) of the Rules of Procedure Section responsible Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion Adopted in section 4/7/2025 Outcome of vote (for/against/abstentions) 65/0/1 Adopted at plenary D/M/YYYY Plenary session No … Outcome of vote (for/against/abstentions) …/…/… Preamble This opinion is part of a wider package of EESC opinions on the cost-of-living crisis. With this package, the EESC is examining the different facets of this policy challenge and presenting a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of recommendations to European and national policy-makers, civil society organisations and other stakeholders. The package includes seven ‘sectoral opinions’1, each dedicated to issues in a specific relevant policy area. In addition,...