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Publié mercredi 2 juillet 2008 à 10h01
par
rikkeindenmark 
dans In the spotlight (vu 435 fois et 0 commentaires)
Not long ago I learned about the PES Group in
the Committee of the Regions. To be honest I didn't know
about the group's existence until a year ago (ignorance is not
always bliss), but it's a forum for local and regional
politicians to meet and discuss EU politics. It's an interesting
organization because many EU decisions impact greatly on the
local level - and the PES Group is a chance for local and
regional social democrats to meet and work together to influence
EU policies.
I admit that this was a digression from the topic that I actually
wanted to address in this post! The reason why I brought up the
PES Group in the Committee of the Regions is that the group has
its own PES manifesto consultation - and in this
consultation there's a fifth point of discussion, in addition to
the four 'traditional' themes - namely the gender dimension.
I agree very much with the view-point of the PES Group - that
there's a significant gender aspect to all four manifesto themes
- and I hope the 'pervasiveness' of gender issues will be taken
into consideration when the PES manifesto is drafted over...
Publié lundi 23 juin 2008 à 09h06
par
_EPSU_
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 331 fois et 0 commentaires)
Quality employment and quality public services and not “market obligations” should be the driving principles for the European Union in order to foster social inclusion, equality and solidarity.
The European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) welcomes PES initiatives striving for better public services such as the call for a specific horizontal framework that should set out concrete quality standards and criteria. This horizontal legal framework, based on the public services protocol annexed to the Lisbon Treaty, could serve as a departure point for sectoral initiatives and could be an opportunity to give more scope for the inclusion of social and environmental criteria in public procurement contracts and in productivity indicators, to raise good administration, transparency, democratic control, to promote more gender equality and to guarantee equal access to public services.
Concerning employment, a “quality work” has to be preferred to a “flexisecurity approach”. In this respect, EPSU advocates fair working conditions, full rights and representation including better collective bargaining rights. There is also the need to do more in order to improve gender equality and to promote life-long learning especially in the hospital sector....
Lire la suitePublié lundi 16 juin 2008 à 11h48
par
Editeur
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 400 fois et 0 commentaires)
Low income and the unemployed are the most affected groups by chronic diseases and have lower life expectancy. European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) presents its suggestions for the manifesto2009 to tackle the problem.
Click here to read EPHA' contribution for the manifesto2009.
Lire la suitePublié vendredi 30 mai 2008 à 14h36
par
lewismsyp
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 365 fois et 0 commentaires)
(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...
Lire la suitePublié vendredi 23 mai 2008 à 15h35
par
Editeur
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 499 fois et 2 commentaires)
L’eurodéputé français Harlem Désir s’exprime sur la consultation du PSE pour l’élaboration de son programme électoral de 2009. Il aborde le modèle social européen et explique pourquoi il est important de défendre les droits sociaux et les services publics :
Lisez le rapport « Une Europe inclusive » du Groupe socialiste au Parlement européen.
Publié lundi 21 avril 2008 à 12h08
par
Duncan Anderson
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 609 fois et 2 commentaires)
I know the British National Health Service can be improved, but I still personally believe that Free Health Service and Free Education from cradle to grave should be part of the fundamental human rights of every citizen, but let's start in the EU first.
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Publié mardi 25 mars 2008 à 16h30
par
ania_skrzypek
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 832 fois et 1 commentaires)
I write rarely about Poland – as a Secretary General of a
European Organization. But as I have also never written a blog
before I have decided to make an exception. Especially that the
issue below remains at the heart of the manifesto debate on
New Social Europe and “how to reach a New
Social Europe for everyone and everywhere?"
There are few Easter traditions Polish cultivated up till today.
One of them is the tradition of hand-painted Eggs, and another of
“Wet Monday” when Polish are sprinkling water on one another. The
wetter you get, the more popular you are – says ancient
tradition. Both customs seem to have reached a new political
dimension; just before Easter Polish got their very own “Kinder
Surprise” hand-made by the Kaczynski Brothers colored in national
white and red, indicating the popularity to wash away in a
Niagara Falls of words like ‘never’, ‘scandal’,
‘forever’ the Lisbon Treaty.
Polish representatives, negotiating the Lisbon Treaty, made a lot of promises in the media. As a nation, educated in school by romantic literature, we like symbols underlined by a little drama. This is why it is in our political DNA to tear our clothes apart and claim that ‘we will die if…’ as in the negotiations;...
Lire la suitePublié vendredi 14 mars 2008 à 09h24
par
PES Group - CoR
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 953 fois et 1 commentaires)
Within the
framework of the consultation for the elaboration of a PES
Manifesto for the 2009 European elections, the PES Group is
organising a seminar to encourage a broad exchange of views on
the major challenges for the PES political family for shaping a
genuine Social Europe. It will take place at the
Headquarters of the Committee of the Regions
(Room 62, Jacques Delors Building, Rue Belliard 101, 1040
Brussels), on 8 April 2008 (09h30-13h00).
The seminar will be opened by the President of the PES Group, Mercedes BRESSO, and by Michel DELEBARRE, 1st Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions.
Anna DIAMANTOPOULOU , Member of the Greek Parliament and former Member of the European Commission in charge of Employment and Social Affairs, will address the keynote speech on the Perspectives for a post-2010 EU global strategy.
The seminar will focus on five key themes: the social dimension of the Lisbon strategy, the demographic challenge, the response to restructuring, the role of services of general interest and the challenge of social inclusion (see...
Lire la suitePublié jeudi 13 mars 2008 à 16h08
par
heisbo
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 876 fois et 5 commentaires)
On the 21st century
education has become an inevitable tool for a personal and national
success. European Union aims to be the most competitive
knowledge-based economy in the world. That requires investing in
education and training as well as in research and development.
Investing in education is investing in the future, both in personal
and in macro level.Publié mercredi 27 février 2008 à 10h05
par
negrescuvictor
dans Démocratie et diversité européenne (vu 831 fois et 3 commentaires)
Publié vendredi 22 février 2008 à 15h45
par
jonworth
dans Démocratie et diversité européenne (vu 822 fois et 6 commentaires)
Twice in my life I've called the
emergency services - 6 months ago, and today. Last autumn I was
in the UK and had to report a break-in, and every Brit knows that
the emergency number for police, ambulance or fire services: 999.
Easy.
Today a nasty incident was developing in the street where I live in Brussels and I was the first person to exit from my flat and do something about it. But hell - what number do I call in Belgium? No idea. Yet thanks to the EU there's one emergency number - 112. Only because I'm a geek for EU policy things did I know it - plenty of European citizens do not.
The slight problem is that when you call 112 in Belgium it takes you to ambulance and fire services, not really what I wanted when I needed to urgently reach the police - they sorted it for me though. For readers living in Belgium here is the full list of emergency numbers. Wikipedia also has a handy page will all the emergency numbers for all countries across the world.
What can be learnt from all of this? Well, first of all, thanks to European legislation I was better...
Lire la suitePublié jeudi 21 février 2008 à 12h40
par
jonworth
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 838 fois et 3 commentaires)
Free trade
between Member States is one of the principles on which the
European Union is founded. I profit from this personally, being
able to sell website services in the UK, Belgium, Germany and
Sweden. It's good that a company from Ynys-ddu can sell its
widgets in Ystad without hindrance.
Europe-wide markets have helped many large firms to develop - plenty of us make calls with our Vodafone mobiles, fly Easyjet and drink beers brewed by Inbev. Regulatory frameworks established by the EU help these firms to develop.
Yet what about services traditionally provided by the state such as refuse collection, water and energy services? Street sweeping in Camden, London, the underground in Stockholm, trains in northern Netherlands, buses in Pontypridd and sewage works in Budapest are all operated by Veolia - a logo that's appearing all over Europe. SUEZ is active in many countries in similar sectors - water, waste, recycling and energy...
Lire la suitePublié jeudi 14 février 2008 à 21h20
par
Eric
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 919 fois et 1 commentaires)
Publié mardi 5 février 2008 à 23h45
par
Editeur
dans L’UE dans le monde (vu 823 fois et 0 commentaires)
Il est tentant de penser que nous les Européens n'avons rien à
apprendre du débat américain sur les soins de santé. Après tout,
n'avons-nous pas un système de soins de santé plus ou moins
universel depuis des années? Mais à y regarder de plus près, le
débat a une plus grande portée que le simple fait que les
Etats-Unis doivent nous rattraper...
En effet, ce qui est très important pour nous, c'est que dans ce
débat, les Démocrates - et les électeurs américains - défendent
l'idée d'une sécurité sociale. Les gens font de plus en plus
confiance aux idées progressistes. Les Démocrates sont très
enthousiastes et arrivent à mobiliser des citoyens qui ne
s'étaient jamais souciés de politique auparavant.
Des soins de santé universels aux USA permettraient aux travailleurs de ne plus dépendre d'un nombre de moins en moins important d'employeurs qui offrent une assurance-santé –ce qui augmenterait leur mobilité professionnelle. Ainsi, grâce à des soins de santé universels, des familles entières auraient moins peur du changement et seraient plus à même de faire face à la mondialisation.
Les Démocrates croient également en un rôle accru du secteur public - c'est...
Lire la suitePublié vendredi 1 février 2008 à 12h50
par
Editeur
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 1428 fois et 4 commentaires)
Le Parti socialiste
espagnol PSOE a lancé son programme électoral pour les
élections législatives du 9 mars prochain, lors d'une conférence
ce samedi au cours de laquelle le président du PSE Poul Nyrup
Rasmussen a déclaré: “Nous ne pourrons avoir d'Europe sociale
sans une Espagne sociale!”
Le programme électoral du PSOE comprend toute une série de
nouvelles propositions innovantes sur la façon de renforcer
l'Etat-providence espagnol, de lutter contre les changements
climatiques et d'arriver au plein emploi, notamment en
élargissant les infrastructures d'accueil pour les enfants de
moins de 3 ans, thème sur lequel le PSE a fait campagne partout
en Europe.
Le PSOE a également formulé plusieurs propositions qu'il compte
défendre au sein du Conseil européen et du Conseil des ministres,
s'il remporte les élections: l'introduction d'une directive-cadre
européenne sur les services publics; le renforcement des droits
des travailleurs, notamment à travers la révision de la
législation européenne sur les droits d'information et de
consultation des travailleurs; une politique...
Publié mardi 15 janvier 2008 à 14h55
par
Editeur
dans L’UE dans le monde (vu 1079 fois et 2 commentaires)
Il suffit d'ouvrir
le robinet pour avoir de l'eau douce, n'est-ce pas? Pas si sûr,
hélas... Selon l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé, entre 14.000 et
20.000 personnes meurent chaque jour parce qu'elles ont bu de
l'eau sale. Personne ne peut vivre sans accès à une eau propre,
car cette dernière est essentielle à la survie et au
développement.
Les biens publics sont des biens qui sont (ou devraient être)
accessibles à tous. Les ONG et les experts disent souvent
que l'eau douce devrait faire partie de ces biens publics
mondiaux – accessibles à tous les habitants de notre
planète.
A votre avis, que doit proposer le programme électoral du PSE sur
la question de l'eau en tant que bien public mondial? Certains
biens devraient-ils être disponibles au niveau mondial?
Publié mardi 27 novembre 2007 à 10h26
par
carl0s
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 852 fois et 0 commentaires)
I think we can identify four distinct "stages" where people make the most use of public services, particularly in regard to welfare and education services. They are not necessarily sequential. Firstly, from childhood to early adulthood, people need free-at-point-of-use education - its important that this is not only of academic quality, but also that the environment results in a decent formative experience. Secondly, families with a young child need a lot of support, from the birth through to free childcare. Thirdly, people with illness at any time in their lives should not be thrown back on the resources of the family, as the fear that this engenders will act to the detriment of general public health. And lastly, people who have finished work will need a future where they aren't worried about subsistence living. That way, younger people can look to the future with a degree of confidence.
If I'm stating the obvious here, then apologies. But for all four of these stages, there is no indication that private schemes or private insurance can adequately and securely provide for individuals. Private involvement at these times always involves public provision at some stage - for example, someone with health insurance always goes to their local hospital in an emergency. My belief is that public hospitals should not be charging their patients for care.
By combining health and social services for these different groups it should be possible to treat everyone...
Lire la suitePublié jeudi 15 novembre 2007 à 16h10
par
joelld
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 1194 fois et 5 commentaires)
The PES discussion paper on "New Social Europe" presents a comprehensive
approach to social policy in Europe. We social democrats are
convinced that all the answers to all the problems of European
citizens in their work life and their social life are part of the
same social policy concept. For this reason, Rainbow
Rose, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender network of
the PES, is glad to see that inequalities among workers are
mentioned in the discussion papers, as well as "the social
security rights of employees, the self-employed and their
families." We believe that addressing these problems is
necessary to build the inclusive society we want, with equal
rights and duties for all.
That's why, at the side of gender inequality, which is explicitly and rightly mentioned, we would like to make sure that all other grounds for discriminations are also addressed by the PES manifesto. We would like to see homophobia and transphobia mentioned explicitly. We think it is important that the manifesto stresses that gays, lesbians and transgender should have the same rights as all other citizens to be protected against discrimination at work and in the access to all public and...
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Dossier:
PES Group statement on the outcome of the conference on the year of equal opportunities.pdf
Publié mercredi 3 octobre 2007 à 12h12
par
Editeur
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 1081 fois et 0 commentaires)
Tout le monde parle de la «flexicurité». Cette approche du marché de l’emploi, alliant de hauts niveaux de flexibilité et de sécurité, est généralement associée à des pays comme le Danemark et la Suède mais elle s’est avérée également avantageuse ailleurs, comme aux Pays-Bas. Dans le cadre de ce modèle, les relations entre employeurs et travailleurs sont bien plus flexibles mais l’Etat investit beaucoup d’argent à essayer de réintégrer les chômeurs dans le marché du travail plus rapidement. Les chômeurs reçoivent des allocations de chômage mais à leur tour, ils doivent accepter les mesures de requalification professionnelle qui leur sont proposées. Cette approche est donc basée sur des droits et des devoirs.
Au lieu d’être fondée sur la sécurité de l’emploi, la flexicurité vise à garantir que le travailleur ait toujours un emploi, mais peut-être pas le même durant toute sa vie professionnelle.
Il est vrai que de telles «politiques actives de l’emploi» coûtent de l’argent mais les résultats sont impressionnants. Le taux de chômage au Danemark, par exemple, a chuté de 13% à 3,9% durant les années de réformes du...
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