Ligue de L’Engseignement: JUST4ALL – Ecological Transition and Social Justice: The Perspective of Education
JUST4ALL is a European project coordinated by SOLIDAR, European partner of La Ligue de l’enseignement, in collaboration with three other organisations: AONTAS (Ireland), ABF (Sweden), and ICAR (Cyprus). Its goal is to support and promote an ecological transition that is both just and inclusive, using adult education as the main driving force. Stemming from an…...
European Movement Italy: If European foreign policy frees us from fears and needs
On the role of the European Union as an international actor, much has been written even recently where the (apparent) economic strength, the unquestionable political weakness and the dramatic military inconsistency have most often been emphasised, as Mario Draghi, Enrico Letta and Sauli Niinistö have done in their three reports that focus more on diagnoses…...
Greek Forum of Refugees: Joint Statement: Neither an accident nor an incident – A brutal crime in the Aegean Sea
The Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR) and the RISE Network (Refugees Ideas and Solutions for Europe) express their outrage, profound concern, and deep sorrow over yet another brutal crime against refugees in the Aegean Sea. On December 20, 2024, near Rhodes Island, the Hellenic Coast Guard deliberately rammed a boat carrying 27 refugees, including women and children, leaving eight dead, three of whom were decapitated…...
Collective Leadership Institute: Invitation Transformation Literacy Conference 2025 – Empowering Metrics and Enlivening Narratives for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
International collaboration is facing challenging times. Metrics that foster resource extraction instead of regeneration and narratives that highlight dominance and glorify past achievements instead of partnerships and future possibilities are still commonplace in many areas. As a result of the obvious gap between what is needed for people and planet, and what is done, polarization…...
La Ligue de l’enseignement: Launch of the 2025 edition of Social Rights Monitor
La Ligue renews its contribution to the annual survey on the state of social rights carried out by its European partner Solidar On Friday 21 February, La Ligue de l'enseignement took part in the Social Right Monitor 2024 evaluation meeting organised by Solidar, the European network of civil society organisations. This network, which counts over…...
Movimento Europeo: From welfare to warfare via the war transition economy
There is much, and perhaps too much, enthusiasm in the now variegated network of pro-Europeans that has spilled over from the ‘Ursula majority’ by embarking a part of conservatives and reformists and even a few federalists on Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to ‘rearm Europe’. Or rather: to rearm the national armies in the European…...
Ökotárs Alapítvány: What’s Happening in Hungary
A little more than a year before the next general elections scheduled to take place in April 2026, emboldened by the developments in the US, the Orbán government once again is stepping up its campaign against civil society (and independent media) with the apparent purpose to further demonise and deter organisations and activists. Since January,…...
RECLAIM: 15 countries and European Parliament joined forces with Commission against Hungary
Orban's attack on civil society won't go unanswered. After months of hard work, we are proud to announce a historic victory: the Hungarian government will face a united front consisting of 15 countries, the European Parliament, and the European Commission, in the largest legal battle for civic freedoms in the history of the EU. This…...
Greek Forum of Refugees: Neither an accident nor an incident – A brutal crime in the Aegean Sea
The Greek Forum of Refugees expresses its deep sorrow and concern over the tragic “incident” that occurred on 20 December 2024, in Greek waters near the island of Rhodes. According to survivors’ testimonies, a Coast Guard vessel violently rammed a boat carrying 27 people, of which 25 were refugees from Afghanistan, among them women and…...