EESC adopts near-unanimous opinion on EU Inc: support with worker-protection red lines
Consultative opinion on the proposed regulation (COM(2026) 321); the EESC does not co-legislate.
The European Economic and Social Committee adopted its opinion on the EU Inc proposal at its 15 July 2026 plenary — 197 votes in favour, none against, 7 abstentions (rapporteur Maxi Leuchters; circulated to Council delegations as INT/1123 on 23 July). The Committee welcomes the “digital by design” registration and the harmonised share-class framework as a clearer legal basis for venture deals, and wants the form open to steward ownership, cooperatives and foundations. Its red lines: the text must state explicitly that an EU Inc cannot be used to circumvent workers’ participation rights, and the Committee openly questions “whether a fast-track [liquidation] procedure is necessary at all” — see our page on the digital liquidation procedure. Consultative, not binding, but a 197–0 signal shapes what Council and Parliament can present as consensus. Context on the tracker.