Publié vendredi 14 mars 2008 à 09h24
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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 programme).
This seminar is open to the public. If you wish to attend the seminar, please use theonline registration form available here »
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1. social europe par catherine
le vendredi 4 avril 2008 à 23h34
I wish to express my deep concern at the way Social Europe is usually dealt with: very often, it is a question of "compensations", "alimonies", "benefits" for the deprived and jobless. Which means we basically take joblessness for granted, and inequality at the same time. Very often, I am sorry to say, people working in the social sphere are the most involved in this approach.
But joblessness is not a given, it is the result of a "rapport de forces", a power struggle where salaried people are the losers. If we try to "remedy", alleviate etc... we are back to a 19th century rationale.
Social Europe cannot be tackled separately from economics and the means to regulate the economy. We seem to live in a world of schizophrenia with capital accumulating at an ever more rapid pace (the solution= make workers shareholders, involved in participatory schemes???) and more savings on wages alone. Pollution, speculative profits, fraud, externalities in general are out of the landscape...
What we need is the whole picture. Failing which people have the strong feeling that the rogues are masters of the game.
This generates social resentment and extremism. We need to get back to the basics of social justice, because this is the basic pact of citizenship.
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