Opinion of the Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge e.V. (German Association for Public and Private Welfare) regarding the European Commission consultation on reinforcing social Europe

The German Association welcomes the announcement by the new European Commission, in view of environmental, digital and demographic change, to pursue a strong social Europe to enable just transitions to the society of the future. The German Association is calling for the setting of social goals in a European overall strategy from 2021 and for practically-oriented EU structural funding to strengthen social cohesion. To achieve upward social convergence at a high level, it supports the further implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights at EU level and in the member states. In doing so, national, regional and local interests and the interests of civil society should be broadly incorporated in the European process of shaping policy.