Ökotárs Alapítvány: No Country Was Built On Blacklists – joint statement of independent civil society organisations and media outlets
14 May 2025 - The draft law submitted by the ruling party on Tuesday is nothing but an authoritarian attempt to hold on to their power. Its aim is to silence all critical voices and eliminate what remains of Hungarian democracy once and for all. The draft is an attack on remaining independent organisations more…...
European Movement Italy: An innovative partnership between Europe and Africa is needed
On 21 May, the third meeting between the EU foreign ministers coordinated by the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy and the foreign Ministers of the African Union coordinated by the Minister of Angola takes place in Brussels in preparation for the sixth EU-AU summit to be held in…...
La Ligue de L’Enseignement: Say Photography competition in France
Last April, within the framework of the European project SAY – Solidarity is About Youth- a photography competition was organised for students aged 12 and above. This competition allowed for students to express themselves by portraying the values enshrined in this project which are solidarity, social cohesion, involvement through various photographs they took. In France, three different institutions took part in this competition,…...
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…...