With Greece, we say YES to democracy and social justice!
During the last decade, popular trust in the European project is going records low, alongside decrease in living standards and raising poverty for large swaths of the population.
Democracy at risk in Portugal
We now count five years of austerity, which the Portuguese population had to survive. Today, we therefore live a violent social regression, the largest in the history of our young democracy: 28% of the population lives in poverty and 41% in severe material deprivation (source: INE); poverty risk rate for children under 18 years is…
Do the Gov’t and High Administrative Court understand the right of access to information?
After the High Administrative Court had allowed the Croatian Government to continue hiding the amount that was paid to American law firm Patton Boggs LLP for the defense of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač in the appellate procedure before the International Tribunal in the Hague, GONG has filed a constitutional complaint challenging the High Administrative…
Si apre a Tunisi con un grande corteo il Forum Sociale Mondiale
«Anche il cielo protesta» dice una donna tunisina fradicia nel corteo. È venuto giù il diluvio universale, sulla marcia di apertura del Forum Sociale Mondiale di Tunisi. Il corteo è diventato un fiume di acqua e di persone, mille rivoli fino al Bardo. È finito in un grande abbraccio collettivo intorno all’edificio – slogan in…
ACTIVIZENSHIP : prendre la mesure des changements sociétaux au service du collectif
intervenir par une réflexion critique sur les paradigmes sociaux, culturels, économiques Pour alimenter les débats dans l’espace public, le FCE cherche à intervenir par une réflexion critique sur les paradigmes sociaux, culturels, économiques dans lequel nous nous inscrivons. Le FCE a lancé un outil d’expression visant à saisir les tendances actuelles et les transformations touchant…
Civil Society Europe : être en pôle position pour le changement
Les principaux réseaux européens d’associations se sont réunis pour créer Civil Society Europe, un espace permanent d’échanges horizontaux et une voix forte pour un changement de paradigme, afin de renforcer et promouvoir les valeurs d’égalité, de solidarité, de démocratie et d’inclusion au sein des Etats Membres et des peuples d’Europe.
Press Conference Civil Society Europe
On 3rd February 2015, major European networks of associations got together for a press conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, joining forces to create Civil Society Europe. This new platform aims at becoming a permanent space for horizontal exchanges and a strong voice for paradigm shift to restore and promote the values of equality,…
TTIP Update
To pass or not pass? To pass or not pass? That is the great question hanging over the Transatlatic Trade Agreements (TTIP), between the EU and the USA on the one hand, and the already agreed yet contested one between Canada and the EU on the other. Indeed, as this Newsletter has developed in the…
Migration
In February, tragedies in the Mediterranean have once again called civil society and institutions to find a solution to the increasing number of migrants risking their life crossing the sea in search of a (better) future. The situation in neighbouring countries failing to stabilise, notably in Libya, desperate migration has reached historical records, with more…
2015 : EUROPEAN YEAR FOR DEVELOPMENT
Decided by Parliament Resolution on 2nd April 2014, under the motto “Our world, our dignity, our future” (article 1), the objectives of the year, as provided in article 2 of the Resolution, will be « a) to inform Union citizens about the Union ‘s and the Member States’ development cooperation, highlighting the results that the…