PES Manifesto

Social Democratic Foundations (ENSoF) contribute to the Manifesto!

Publié mercredi 25 juin 2008 à 12h29
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The scientific yet political approach of the foundations to the most important issues on the European agenda undoubtedly represents a unique enrichment to the consultation process. Having done extensive analytical research, ENSoF also presented a number of concrete proposals on “Europe in the world”, “European Democracy and Diversity”, “Save our Planet” and “New Social Europe”. Here is just a small selection:

• Disarmament policy: commit to a strengthening of international agreements on arms control and non-proliferation; make the largely ineffective EU Code of Conduct on weapons exports more restrictive and more transparent.
• Elect the President of the European Commission by the European Parliament from among the nominees of the European Political Parties for the office of the President of the Commission, before the European elections.
• Create a green tax proportionate to the carbon weight produced by each agent. This green tax will be redistributed as an investment aid for small businesses and individuals, in inverse proportion to their financing capacity and in a way that guarantees the neutrality of the tax.
• Guarantee equal access to education for everyone, independently of personal origin, implement a school system based on compulsory education up to the tenth grade, bring about high quality professional training for young people and lifelong learning for adults.

The full contribution is available here.

What do you think of these proposals, and what would be your most important recommendations for the Manifesto 2009? You can still offer suggestions (“red roses”), that you would like to see us campaigning for!

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