Published Friday, May 16, 2008 at 18:11
by
jose reis santos 
in New Social Europe (21 views and 0 comments)
Last Saturday, the
10th of May, PES Activists Portugal held their first public
initiative regarding the Manifesto 2009 consultation in Algarve.
This session was dedicated to the New Social
Europe theme and had as Keynote Speaker Fernando Medina
(Secretary of State of Work); Maria João Rodrigues (Special
Adviser to the European Commission), Zita Gurmai (PES Women
Leader and MEP, PES), Jamila Madeira (MEP, PES), Manuela Augusto
(PS Women Portugal Leader), and Esmeralda Ramires (MP, PS).
The session was presided by the leader of PS Algarve, Miguel Freitasand there were presented some proposals by PES activists.The session was well attended, as all the invited speakers delivered high quality speeches regarding the future of the welfare state model in Europe. In particular, the questions of women in the workforce, the characteristics of the new labor relations, and the sustainability of the European social welfare model were some of the main topics focused. The idea that only the left could maintain and spread these social conquests was very strong, and from this argument came the concern of delivering a good political programme in 2009 and the importance that the 2009 European elections could have in shaping the near future of Europe. The importance of the PES...
read morePublished Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 16:39
by
alias77
in New Social Europe (75 views and 0 comments)
On the occasion of Europe Day (9 May 2008), over 100 Romanian PES activists,
academics, Romanian MEPs and the President of PSD, Mircea Geoana
took part in a debate in Brasov, Romania. The Secretary General
of PES, Philip Cordery engaged in discussion on the PES manifesto
consultation.
The main conclusion was that the European left should come with
an alternative solution to the right’s proposals that only split
up the society. The left should counter it or adopt a mediating
strategy. The activists showed great interest in getting involved
in concrete actions to reshape the left and bring it in the
forefront of the political stage. The left should better
communicate its goals, thus by leaving out the too politically
correct speeches and the 'wooden language'. The commitments and
actions need to be expressed better, in order to reach the common
people. The common language must be recaptured and allow the left
to better connect to its electorate.
The full article is available only in Romanian here!
Published Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 11:14
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (117 views and 0 comments)
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.
read morePublished Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 17:27
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (174 views and 0 comments)
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.Published Monday, May 5, 2008 at 15:55
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (207 views and 1 comments)
Published Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:17
by
noelhatch
in In the spotlight (126 views and 0 comments)
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
.
Published Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 17:00
by
eromerof
in European democracy & diversity (208 views and 0 comments)
Today, European Union is an economic reality but not a political one because the weight of European Institutions in the international scene is very frail. This situation is not very good for the people who believe that economic liberalism is too strong in the whole world thanks to the globalization phenomenon. Social globalization is not so strong as the economical one and this is a real problem for the “socialist family” since the values of socialism are based on a social way of thinking.
That is the reason because the European Socialists should work to build a very strong Party of European Socialists. We have to compensate for the excessive power of economic liberalism with a new model of social protection. European Union should take enough power to become one of the main international players (such as the United States, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Japan, etc.) with real capacity of influence in the “international social agenda”. Today, decisions should be taken in a global way; socialists should bring together all their resources to push for a change in the European Institutions, and ways of acting of the European Union. Socialism must become global, as global as liberalism, otherwise our main institution (welfare state) will disappear.
Find a
read morePublished Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 13:52
by
eromerof
in European democracy & diversity (207 views and 1 comments)
But all this would be just another subjective comment if women were not constantly forced to prove themselves and if they were not there merely out of a simple strategy of political marketing. In addition, women must also prove their worth and show that they are not just puppets. In our society, in most cases, women must adjust...
read morePublished Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 10:12
by
markus.austria
in EU in the world (201 views and 1 comments)
Tags: activists, Africa, defence, democracy, development, multilateralism, peace, poverty, UN
File:
PES manifesto consultation.pdf
Published Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:27
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (200 views and 0 comments)
Thanks a lot to
Isabella Frenning for being last week's
blogger!
This week Esteban Romero from Spain will be blogging on
Yourspace. Esteban is 29 years old and lives in Granada where
works as an assistant professor at the local university. He
committed to the PES manifesto campaign last year while he has
doing a traineeship in the European Commission. Currently he is
coordinating a Spanish-language blog about the PES
manifesto.
Next to Esteban a number of other PES activists from the 'Manifiesto
2009' blog team will be sharing their ideas on Yourspace. So
this week you get the chance to experience several voices from
Spain!
Published Monday, April 21, 2008 at 11:41
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (247 views and 0 comments)
Thanks to Brian
Booth for blogging on Yourspace last week!Published Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 11:48
by
Salvador E. Becker
in New Social Europe (316 views and 1 comments)
Published Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 14:09
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (285 views and 2 comments)
On 15 April, Poul
Nyrup Rasmussen, PES President, met with French PES activists in Paris. Invited by Patrick Bloche,
first secretary of Paris Federation and mayor of the 11th district,
many activists took part in a succesful meeting, where the
activists had the opportunity to discuss the content of the PES
manifesto for the 2009 European elections.Published Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 11:49
by
Editor
in European democracy & diversity (303 views and 0 comments)
Published Monday, April 14, 2008 at 17:56
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (241 views and 0 comments)
Thanks to Martina Preuss for being last week's blogger on Yourspace!
For the coming days Brian
Booth, Belgium, will give his input for the PES manifesto.
Brian is 29 years old and holds a MA in Medieval History from the
Université Libre de Bruxelles. Living in Brussels, where he works
as a political advisor to the deputy mayor in charge for public
properties, Brian is a long time member of the Mouvement des Jeunes
Socialistes and is currently ECOSY Vice-President with a portfolio for
equality, justice and solidarity.
Welcome to Yourspace!
Published Monday, April 14, 2008 at 09:47
by
chourka
in European democracy & diversity (350 views and 3 comments)
Les socialistes français, très pris par les élections municipales qui se sont tenues les 9 et 16 mars, se mobilisent pour le Manifeste du PSE.
Dans cette optique, une journée complète de travail à Bruxelles a été organisée sur les changements opérés au sein du PSE depuis 2004 et le Conseil de Bruxelles, la novation introduite avec les militants du PSE et surtout l'élaboration du Manifeste 2009.
La plupart des Secrétaires fédéraux Europe et/ou International ainsi que les Premiers Secrétaires fédéraux d'une trentaine de fédérations présents ont bien saisi l'enjeu que représente le Manifeste. Evidemment, la campagne référendaire de 2005 est encore dans les têtes mais dans l'ensemble c'est pour mieux la dépasser. L'instrument essentiel pour réaliser ce dépassement étant la consultation des adhérents.
Autre enseignement tiré des dernières élections européennes de 2004, réussir la politisation de la campagne sur un plan européen, notamment en mettant en avant 5-6 mesures communes.
read morePublished Friday, April 11, 2008 at 10:31
by
noelhatch
in New Social Europe (243 views and 0 comments)
However, the economic layers of governance have been eroded by
globalisation. There is an increased pressure on costs. If we
debate the reform of the European social model, we need to debate
the reform of globalisation. Economic globalisation increases
within and between countries.
How can we develop a politics of international
redistribution?
Henning proposed that we needed a politics of national and
international redistribution - we need to explore a global social
politics. This includes:
Published Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 10:44
by
noelhatch
in New Social Europe (296 views and 3 comments)
Deborah Littman, Chair of London
Citizens Living Wage Network & UNISON
National Officer for Bargaining, at the New Social Europe debate in London, admitted she wholly agreed with many of
the proposals made in the New Social Europe discussion paper. But she
was concerned on how we get there, how we make social Europe a
concern for everyone.
Work has been made insecure, the social wage has been reduced and
there has been a steep decline in bargaining power from workers.
Communities have been dismantled, workers distanced from their
employers or contractors. There has been a very deliberate policy
to push back the gains of the workers, often by stealth.
Expectations have been constantly lowered to the extent that our
goal becomes not how we can make it better, but how can we
prevent it being that bad. How can you organise when you don’t
know who you’re actually working for? The trade unions struggle
with bargaining, sometimes too conservative in their approach.
The game has changed – we need to...
Published Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 14:11
by
noelhatch
in New Social Europe (236 views and 0 comments)
See more of his proposals and his debate here:
read more
Published Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 12:40
by
noelhatch
in New Social Europe (282 views and 0 comments)
To see more proposals and the debate please see the video below:
To read more:
Published Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 12:00
by
noelhatch
in New Social Europe (187 views and 0 comments)
Published Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 09:16
by
Editor
in New Social Europe (277 views and 0 comments)
On the 11 March 2008 Labour Movement for Europe held a debate on
"Globalisation in the Community - how can we
shape a Social Europe?" This was the third of six manifesto
debates in London. One of the PES activists in London has
submitted videos from the debate to the PES manifesto group on
YouTube. Here is Deborah Littman, Chair of London
Citizens Living Wage Network and UNISON
National Officer:
Find more videos from the debate here
read more
Published Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:55
by
cafeneaua.politica
in Save our planet (369 views and 0 comments)
Sign this petition for promoting in Romania and Europe
the healthy life, increasing the use of bicycles, and in this way
for reducing the locals pollution that generate a global worming
amount. Signing this petition you agreed to promote a law
initiative that will force the all Romanian and European local
administrations to generate special places on auto roads from
inside of the towns and communes in the only bicyclist’s
advantage.
Please forward this announcement to yours friends!
In Romanian:
Va invit sa semnati o petitie in favoarea unei initiative legislative in
Romania si Europa ce sa promoveze concret prezervarea calitatii
mediului.
Va rog sa promovati acest mesaj in cercurile de apropiati in
logica unui efort comun pentru un interes comun!
SorinPLATON
Published Friday, March 28, 2008 at 14:32
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (424 views and 1 comments)
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!
Published Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 09:40
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (321 views and 1 comments)
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:
Published Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 16:19
by
Poul_Nyrup_Rasmussen
in European democracy & diversity (548 views and 10 comments)
Thanks to Jon Worth for his proposals to how Europe’s socialist
and social democratic parties can campaign together in the 2009
elections.Published Friday, March 14, 2008 at 11:52
by
AnneSofie
in EU in the world (480 views and 0 comments)
The manifesto theme
'EU in the
world' was also on the agenda when PES activists from Denmark, Sweden and Norway met in
Jørlunde, Denmark on March 1st and 2nd. Here are a few
conclusions from this dedicated discussion group:
Published Friday, March 14, 2008 at 11:50
by
AnneSofie
in European democracy & diversity (415 views and 1 comments)
Among the activities
of the gathering of Scandinavian PES activists in Jørlunde,
Denmark, was a discussion group on the PES manifesto theme 'European democracy and diversity':Published Friday, March 14, 2008 at 11:48
by
AnneSofie
in Save our planet (428 views and 1 comments)
Scandinavian
PES
activists met in the village of Jørlunde, located on the
island of Zealand, Denmark on March 1st and 2nd 2008 to discuss
European democracy, politics and the PES manifesto.
Over sometimes heated discussions, the 80 participants agreed on
a number is issues, which we feel must be included in the PES
manifesto. Here is our suggestions for the theme 'Save our
planet':
Published Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 23:58
by
rikkeindenmark
in European democracy & diversity (411 views and 1 comments)
Among this morning’s
activities at the Danish PES manifesto conference was a workshop about
campaigns and cooperation in Europe – the participants discussed
how Europe’s social democrats can work together on common
campaign initiatives in the next European elections. There were
plenty of ideas – to mention a few:
Published Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 13:44
by
rikkeindenmark
in European democracy & diversity (585 views and 0 comments)
This weekend stands a
good chance at becoming a turning point for the PES activists movement!Published Monday, February 25, 2008 at 11:04
by
Editor
in In the spotlight (467 views and 1 comments)
Thanks to Jon Worth for
blogging on Yourspace last week!
This week Yourspace welcomes Victor Negrescu, national
coordinator of PES
activists Romania and a figure in the Romanian left-wing NGO
sector. On his blog (written in Romanian) Victor already adresses
the PES manifesto and other European debates which concern
Romania. Victor can be reached via mail at victor.negrescu
(at) pes dot ro.
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