European Economic and Social Committee 17 February 2016, Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Annual Growth Survey 2016 (COM(2015) 690 final) and the ‘Draft Joint Employment Report accompanying the Communication from the Commission on the Annual Growth Survey 2016’ (COM(2015) 700 final)

14.4.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 133/37 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Annual Growth Survey 2016 (COM(2015) 690 final) and the ‘Draft Joint Employment Report accompanying the Communication from the Commission on the Annual Growth Survey 2016’ (COM(2015) 700 final) (2016/C 133/08) Rapporteur: Juan MENDOZA CASTRO On 22 December 2015, the European