C 347/14
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
9.9.2022
Tuesday 8 March 2022
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Calls, in particular, for the Commission, in its consultation processes, to restore the balance between representatives of corporate interests and representatives of other interests, such as workers’ rights, social rights and environmental protection, and to ensure safeguards against unfair lobbying practices that are not compatible with fair and transparent dialogue; 58.
Calls for the Member States, the EU institutions in general and the Commission in particular to ensure close consultation with civil society during the preparation or review of legislation potentially affecting civic space and freedoms; 59.
Takes note of the attribution to a Commission Vice-President of the responsibility to maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with civil society; stresses that civil dialogue should be further operationalised; invites the Commission in particular to consider setting up within each Directorate-General specific points of contact to enable civil society to be in close contact with the Commission Vice-President; considers it key that a wide variety of CSOs are given a prominent role via a transparent selection process in expert groups and advisory forums assisting the Commission and that emphasis is put on CSOs speaking for vulnerable and underrepresented groups; 60.
Calls on the Commission to leverage the definition of national programmes implementing EU funds and the implementation by Member States of EU strategies and action plans to encourage Member States to put in place effective CSO participation and civil dialogue mechanisms; calls for reinforced civil society participation within the European semester process and in the monitoring of the European recovery package; 61.
Welcomes the European Year of Youth as an opportunity to further promote civic participation and dialogue in a democratic society; 62.
Commits itself to ensuring a genuine follow-up of this report and calls on the Commission and the Council to make the same commitment; o o 63.
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.