Published Friday, March 28, 2008 at 14:32
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The Eurosocialists in Geneva have also sent in their
ideas for the PES manifesto - read the full document here. The group proposes the following four
objectives for the EU in the world theme:
Do you have any ideas to add? Leave a comment and debate with
Eurosocialists Geneva!
Tags: activists, decent work, human rights, manifesto, neighbours, peace, poverty, tax
Published Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:00
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Thanks a lot to our
last blogger of the week, Hanna
Isbom.
Ania Skrzypek is Secretary General of Young European Socialists – or ECOSY in short – and this week she’ll be blogging on Yourspace. ECOSY, which in November 2007 celebrated its 15th birthday, gathers Socialist and Social Democratic youth and students organizations from all over Europe who all together campaign since 2005 for “A Social Europe for Everyone” ECOSY is a member of European Youth Forum, one of the founding members of GPYF – Global Progressive Youth Forum and being an exciting space in which inspiring visions are constructed, politics happens and great friendships begin organizes debates, seminars, Winter Universities and Summer Camps (the upcoming one is taking place in France in July 2008 – don’t’ miss it).
In the fascinating PES Manifesto Consultations, ECOSY has been actively involved since June 2007, submitting already three contributions for the PES manifesto consultation and one more on the theme ‘EU in the world’ is coming up.
Welcome to Ania and other young European socialists on Yourspace!
Tags: blogger of the week, blogosphere, youth
Published Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 09:40
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A group of German PES activists are the first to send in a paper
with ideas for the PES manifesto. Read the German contribution in the documents section of
Yourspace.
The EU working group from the SPD in Berlin proposes eight 'building
blocks' for the PES manifesto:
Tags: activists, democracy, discrimination, diversity, education, environment, immigration, manifesto, peace, welfare
Published Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 14:22
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The Swedish social
democrats discussed the future of EU when the Swedish Social
Democratic Party met in the Swedish Parliament on March 7th. The
keynote speakers were Mona Sahlin, party leader and chair of the
PES group Save our planet, Margot Wallström, Vice-president of
the EU Commission, Jan Eliasson, former Minister for foreign
affairs, and Wanja Lundby-Wedin, President of the Swedish LO and ETUC. Around 250 persons
attended the conference.Tags: climate change, democracy, elections, employment, equality, globalization
Published Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 08:58
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Labour UK is the
first party to submit its suggestions for the PES manifesto. Find
the contribution in the documents section of
Yourspace. Here you’ll also find contributions from an array of
NGOs and labour unions.
Tags: manifesto, political parties
Published Monday, March 10, 2008 at 09:57
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Thanks to Yohann
Abiven for blogging on Yourspace last week!
This week Yourspace proudly presents blogger Hanna
Isbom from Helsinki, Finland. Hanna is 27 years old, holds a
master's degree in political science and works in the Finnish
Parliament as an assistant. She has been active in the Social
Democratic Party of Finland for several years, is a member of
the Party Council and coordinator of the PES activists city group in Helsinki.
Welcome, Hanna!
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Published Monday, March 3, 2008 at 12:13
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A big
thanks to Victor Negrescu for having blogged on
Yourspace last week!
Yourspace would like to introduce Yohann Abiven, our blogger of the week. Yohann is a member of the French Socialist Party and he is also the founding member of Sauvons l’Europe. He teaches politicial sciences and he also runs the so-called 'ateliers d’éducation populaire' (or popular education workshops) while finishing his PhD in political sciences.
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