Publié mercredi 2 juillet 2008 à 10h01
par
rikkeindenmark 
dans In the spotlight (vu 461 fois et 0 commentaires)
Not long ago I learned about the PES Group in
the Committee of the Regions. To be honest I didn't know
about the group's existence until a year ago (ignorance is not
always bliss), but it's a forum for local and regional
politicians to meet and discuss EU politics. It's an interesting
organization because many EU decisions impact greatly on the
local level - and the PES Group is a chance for local and
regional social democrats to meet and work together to influence
EU policies.
I admit that this was a digression from the topic that I actually
wanted to address in this post! The reason why I brought up the
PES Group in the Committee of the Regions is that the group has
its own PES manifesto consultation - and in this
consultation there's a fifth point of discussion, in addition to
the four 'traditional' themes - namely the gender dimension.
I agree very much with the view-point of the PES Group - that
there's a significant gender aspect to all four manifesto themes
- and I hope the 'pervasiveness' of gender issues will be taken
into consideration when the PES manifesto is drafted over...
Publié jeudi 10 avril 2008 à 16h46
par
noelhatch
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 646 fois et 0 commentaires)
See more of his proposals and his debate here:
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Publié jeudi 27 mars 2008 à 12h35
par
ania_skrzypek
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 894 fois et 3 commentaires)
Thinking about the
next post of the blog – I was actually trying to remind myself
what is that people enjoy reading. Coming from the political
school of manifesto: ‘others want to see true intentions that
inspired you at the first place, to be also inspired’, I decided
to use one of my very peculiar interests while traveling;… women
magazines. From cover to cover – scanning all the pictures,
trying to get empathy for the authors of ‘letters to editor’,
looking at some clothes that are not only strange but absolutely
unaffordable for a regular employee… But above all the most
exciting and the most interesting is what the knowledge these
colorful pages give; the portrait of a woman of today. The last
time I did that reading I discovered something absolutely
disturbing; women of my own age (around 30) are the group with
the highest risk of the heart attacks. Even more terrible, most
of us had already some mini-version ones without noticing that
even!
It has been shocking to discover, but on the other hand looking
at the recent publication of the European Commission "Report on equality between women and men –
2008"...
Publié mercredi 26 mars 2008 à 16h33
par
Editeur
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 671 fois et 0 commentaires)
Voici le dernier des
quatre rapports sur le débat à propos du programme électoral du
PSE tenu au Danemark:
Le thème de la 'nouvelle Europe sociale' a été débattu par les militants du PSE venus du Danemark, de la Suède et de la Norvège à Jørlunde, au Danemark les 1 et 2 mars derniers. Voici les conclusions de ce groupe très engagé:
L'eurodéputé Ole Christensen a ouvert le débat en parlant de la politique de l'emploi dans une nouvelle Europe sociale. L'accent a été mis sur le rôle de la Cour de justice dans l'affaire Vaxholm concernant les modèles de marché du travail dans les pays nordiques.
L'affaire a été examinée sous l'angle d'une plus grande mobilité de la main d'oeuvre, du détachement des travailleurs et des conditions offertes aux travailleurs ainsi que de la concurrence entre la main d'oeuvre étrangère et nationale dans le cadre des négociations collectives.
La discussion a également porté sur le...
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par
Eric
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 951 fois et 1 commentaires)
Publié mardi 27 novembre 2007 à 10h26
par
carl0s
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 874 fois et 0 commentaires)
I think we can identify four distinct "stages" where people make the most use of public services, particularly in regard to welfare and education services. They are not necessarily sequential. Firstly, from childhood to early adulthood, people need free-at-point-of-use education - its important that this is not only of academic quality, but also that the environment results in a decent formative experience. Secondly, families with a young child need a lot of support, from the birth through to free childcare. Thirdly, people with illness at any time in their lives should not be thrown back on the resources of the family, as the fear that this engenders will act to the detriment of general public health. And lastly, people who have finished work will need a future where they aren't worried about subsistence living. That way, younger people can look to the future with a degree of confidence.
If I'm stating the obvious here, then apologies. But for all four of these stages, there is no indication that private schemes or private insurance can adequately and securely provide for individuals. Private involvement at these times always involves public provision at some stage - for example, someone with health insurance always goes to their local hospital in an emergency. My belief is that public hospitals should not be charging their patients for care.
By combining health and social services for these different groups it should be possible to treat everyone...
Lire la suitePublié jeudi 18 octobre 2007 à 11h37
par
Editeur
dans La nouvelle Europe sociale (vu 1359 fois et 0 commentaires)
What do young Europeans think should be in the PES manifesto? Around 40 activists from the Danish Social Democratic Youth gave their take on Europe’s future at yesterday’s manifesto work groups in Brussels. We asked them what they considered the most important priorities for the theme New Social Europe:
Ritu Madsen, Denmark, business school student
“I think rights to the childcare should be in the PES manifesto. I didn’t think about it before coming to this meeting, because we have good opportunities for childcare in my home country. Now I understand that this is not the case in all European countries.”
Sidsel Andersen, Denmark, secondary school student
“It is important to create good opportunities to combine work and family life, for example better possibilities for parents to bring...
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