PES Manifesto

What I think Europe should head for

Published Friday, May 30, 2008 at 14:36
by lewismsyp (487 views and 0 comments)

(I'm Lewis Miller, 16 year old, a member of various organisations involving young people politically in Scotland such as the Scottish Youth Parliament and I enjoy trying to enthuse young peple in politics)

As a very politically aware young person in Scotland it seems to me like the our society losing sight of what it means to be a person and what it means to be a human being.

I think, and many others amoungst me think, that our society needs to uphold the values we were tought at a young age, we need to look at achieving goals that sound simple and yet are very rewarding. What a lot of young people (particualrly on the left) want is a society where people are cared for, we want to see Europe become a place where countires can support each other and where the poorest people can be helped. When we are only bairns we are told to share our food, we are told to look after each otehr, and so many of us forget that this is what society expects of us, and I think that the older politicians ought to remember seeing the world this way and never forget what society really stands for.

"But what should be our priorities for 2009-14?" Was the first question asked by the website. I think we should have a simple goal, to work towards creating a more equal, a more caring and a more enriched society. We should do this by caring for the elderly, the poor and the disadvantaged and trying to give everyone an equal chance at doing whatever they wish to do. We have to offer more oppertunities for employment to the unemployed by investing in nationalised industry and we have to try and carry on investing locally and caring for communities.

"What should be done at the European level in the years ahead?" was the second question. The answer that I personally think is best for that is that the PES should look at trying to preserve the main lifelines of the communities of Europe such as post offices, community centres and other buildings. What the MEPs should do is they should think this before they make a decision, they should just have a thought and say "does this help the people who need the most help?", and that is all I would ask of them. Europe needs to look at the values that make our society great. I don't think I could come up with many large intricate ideas, but I think that the PES has to continue thinking about the people it represents when making decisions.

Tags: elderly, public services, youth