Published Friday, May 30, 2008 at 14:20
by
pamela.derosa
In the spotlight (296 views and 1 comments)
According to Pamela
de Rosa, it is a matter of fact that Italy is increasingly
lagging behind in competitiveness, research and innovation
compared to other European countries. In the education sector,
the ever worse quality of public schools is pushing citizens to
choose private education. The church is claiming financial
support from State for catholic school. This will be in contrast
with the Italian Constitution, since a common agreement between
the Church and the State establish that only public schools can
be granted State funds. Pamela de Rosa considers that Italy
threatens to turn back to old mentality and to be more and more
subject to the intrusion of the Church, putting at stake values
of what should be a laic and progressive society.
Which path should we follow?
Credo che l'Italia stia attraversando un momento particolarmente delicato per l'esistenza stessa del valore di uno Stato libero, come l'Italia dovrebbe essere. Libero da cosa? Dalle ingerenze del "capo" della chiesa cattolica, papa Benedetto XVI? O dalla mentalità ottusa che sta caratterizzando l'italiano medio? Una piccola risposta me la sono data da sola: l'Italia sta diventando uno Stato governato da un partito (PDL) che cerca il... » read more ...
Tags: education
Published Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 13:44
by
ccarnero
In the spotlight (283 views and 1 comments)
A very important
meeting to prepare the PSOE's general contribution to the PES manifesto2009
was held this Tuesday in Madrid. The meeting took place under the
patronage of Elena Valenciano, responsible for PSOE’s
International Relations, and Diego López Garrido, EU Secretary of
State.
Elena Valenciano stressed that “Zapatero’s policies are nowadays a reference. Therefore successful politics in Spain can also be successful in Europe”.
To read the complete report on the meeting visit this link!
Published Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 16:50
by
Editor
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The manifesto2009 is on the frontpage of the last number of the newsletter issued by Comission Féderale Europe, the Paris PES activists magazine.
On this third number you will find an article regarding the aims
of the manifesto2009 but also many others reports on the
immigrants rights or elections in several european countries,
just to mention a few examples.
More information on the activities, European policies and many other subjects - both from Paris and abroad - for you to read here!
Tags: activists
Published Monday, May 26, 2008 at 11:00
by
Editor
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Thanks to Corinne
Bord for sharing her ideas on Yourspace!
This week PES activist José Reis Santos from Portugal will be blogging on Yourspace. José is 33 years old and lives in Lisbon where he works as history and political science researcher. José committed to PES activists at PES Congress in Porto in 2006. Currently he is coordinating the Portuguese contribution to the PES manifesto.
Tags: activists, blogger of the week, blogosphere
Published Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 12:32
by
Editor
In the spotlight (427 views and 2 comments)
Tags: blogosphere, manifesto, political parties
Published Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 12:14
by
Editor
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Big news for socialists in Spain! PSOE, the Spanish socialist
party, has launched a new online meeting place for
Spanish-speaking activists: Europeo, Socialista y Orgullos de Serlo (European,
socialist and proud to be so!).
The new website is the place to be if you want to keep updated on
PES activists Spain and the Spanish debate on the PES manifesto
consultation!
Tags: activists, blogosphere, manifesto, political parties
Published Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 11:14
by
Editor
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A big thanks to
Åsa
Westlund for being last week's blogger!
This week Yourspace welcomes Corinne Bord from France. Corinne is 38 years old and became a member of the French Socialist Party after the Maastricht referendum campaign. She's a political activist, working to build a Social Europe. Corinne is Vice-President of the Léo Lagrange Federation, member of SOLIDAR and vice-president of the French platform CPCA, in charge of European affairs.
Tags: activists, blogger of the week, blogosphere
Published Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 17:27
by
Editor
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Yesterday Flemish
social democrats concluded their debate on the PES manifesto. Over
the last month Sp.a, the Flemish social democratic party, has hosted
four debates on the themes of the PES manifesto consultation –
yesterday evening was the closing event, a final discussion of
common priorities for the 2009 elections.Tags: activists, manifesto, political parties
Published Monday, May 5, 2008 at 15:55
by
Editor
In the spotlight (415 views and 1 comments)

Tags: activists
Published Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:17
by
noelhatch
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On 26 April Bertrand Delanoë, newly re-elected Mayor of Paris, visited London to support Ken Livingstone from Labour in the elections for Mayor of London. Read a full report and see more pictures on the homepage of Compass Youth
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Published Monday, May 5, 2008 at 11:35
by
Editor
In the spotlight (279 views and 0 comments)
Thanks to Esteban Romero
and Spanish PES activists for blogging on Yourspace last
week!Tags: blogger of the week, blogosphere


