Decent Work Decent life June 13, 2007
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The European Parliament adopted last week a report calling for stronger safeguards to ensure decent work. At the initiative of the Socialist Group several concrete measures were put forward greatly improving the draft report.
ECOSY Vice President Nils Hindersmann says: “The measures proposed by the Socialist Group in the EP today are very welcome. Especially the incorporation of ILO core labour standards in the WTO has been a key demand of ECOSY – Young European Socialists for a long time and has been reaffirmed at the 8th ECOSY Congress in Warsaw this year.” To read the Motion for a European Parliament Resolution click here.
June 13, 2007
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Under the title of “The Socialist Action against the Rise of Neo-fascism in Europe and the Role of the Youth in this Process” the PSE Group is organising a Conference in the European Parliament on the 13th and 14th of June. Click here to download the programme of this conference, for questions about the content of the conference please contact ECOSY Vice-President Brian Booth, to arrange accreditation so you can go to this conference please contact the ECOSY Secretariat.
Au revoir Ségo! May 7, 2007
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Présidentielle. Avec les candidats
Royal : «Quelque chose s’est levé…»
We hoped a new future for the France but Sarkozy won the election. However something happened in the heart of Europe.
Below, you can find the speech of the “Grande Dame” of France’s politics.
«Le suffrage universel a parlé. Je souhaite au prochain président de la République d’accomplir sa mission au service de tous les Français. Je remercie du fond du coeur les 13 à 17 millions d’électeurs [...] qui m’ont accordé leur confiance. Je mesure leur déception et leur peine. Mais je leur dis que quelque chose s’est levé, qui ne s’arrêtera pas. J’ai donné toutes mes forces et je continue avec vous et près de vous. Je remercie tous les militants qui ont porté ce grand moment démocratique. Bien sûr, les militants socialistes mais aussi tous les autres militants de la gauche et de l’écologie [...]. Gardons intactes l’énergie et la joie de l’immense rassemblement populaire vibrant de ferveur qui m’ont accompagnée tout au long de cette campagne [...]. J’ai engagé un renouvellement profond de la vie politique, de ses méthodes et de la gauche. [...] Ce que nous avons commencé ensemble, nous allons le continuer ensemble. Vous pouvez compter sur moi pour approfondir la rénovation de la gauche et la recherche de nouvelles convergences au-delà de ses frontières actuelles. [...] Je serai au rendez-vous de ce travail indispensable et j’assumerai la responsabilité qui m’incombe désormais. Mon engagement et ma vigilance seront sans faille au service de l’idéal qui nous a rassemblés et nous rassemble et qui va, j’en suis sûre, nous rassembler demain pour d’autres victoires.»
The China Experiment May 3, 2007
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Inside the revolution to green the biggest nation on earth
by Mara Hvistendahl
Linxia is not the sort of place that figures large in accounts of China’s economic miracle. A town of 140,000 people in the mountains of western Gansu, China’s second poorest province, its dusty streets teem with people hawking vegetables, grains, and live animals for slaughter from the backs of carts.
The EU’s global mission April 18, 2007
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J.E. Stiglitz
In some quarters, pessimism, sad to say, dominated the recent celebrations marking the European Union’s 50th birthday. Unease about the EU’s future is, of course, understandable, especially given the uncertainty surrounding efforts to revive the Constitutional Treaty. But the European project has been an enormous success, not only for Europe, but also for the world.
Europeans should not be dismayed by comparisons of GDP growth in Europe and, say, the United States. Of course, Europe faces great challenges in perfecting its economic union, including the need to reduce unemployment and boost the economy’s dynamism. But, while GDP per capita has been rising in the US, most Americans are worse off today than they were five years ago. An economy that, year after year, leaves most of its citizens worse off is not a success.
Nancy Pelosi: the extreme moderate April 18, 2007
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LIKE THE NOTORIOUS head scarf she wore when there, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent trip to Syria — and the “she’s finally gone too far” hysteria that accompanied it — has covered over the real story about her reign thus far. Consider:
Democratic freshman Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) represents the kind of swing district that swung Congress to the Democrats in November — and the kind of district that would be watching Pelosi and her crew closely to see if they went too far left too fast.
During a recent trip home to hear what was on his constituents’ minds, Yarmuth heard about Iraq everywhere he went — and the calls were almost uniformly for withdrawal, without patience for nuances like the nitty-gritty of Congress’ constitutional powers. On Iraq, he sensed his constituents were actually more extreme in their views than either he or the House Democratic leadership was.
The back-home experiences of Yarmuth and many of his colleagues give the lie to “Pelosi fear-mongering” — the idea that the speaker from San Francisco is marching congressional Democrats down an extreme path on which their constituents don’t want them to walk.
Arriving in Washington in 1987, Pelosi quickly developed a reputation for trendy clothes, high-dollar fundraisers and a hip, Bay Area-style leftism that suffused her approach to issues big — she opposed the Persian Gulf War — to small: A fervent supporter of gay rights, she once called for Congress to create a “gay Olympics.”
“I pride myself in being called a liberal,” she said in 1996.
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Participation March 17, 2007
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"Plus de 6 000 débats ont été organisés
sur tout le territoire.
J’ai reçu par Internet 135 000 contributions. J’ai écouté
les partenaires sociaux, j’ai rencontré les associations, j’ai
mobilisé les experts. Vous avez été nombreux à vouloir
participer à cette œuvre collective" www.desirdavenir.org.
We can say that the aim of Ségolène Royal is PARTICIPATION. She’s
trying a new way to give people the chance to express their point of views.
I think this is one of the most interesting messages from this very smart women.
Vive Ségo March 17, 2007
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«J’ai de la sympathie pour Bayrou», reconnaît volontiers Delors. Mais il ajoute aussitôt : «Avec Ségolène Royal, je partage des valeurs. J’ai découvert trois joyaux dans sa campagne. Elle a su dépasser les lignes. Elle a su se faire entendre des Français qui ont le sentiment d’être rejetés par la politique. Elle défend des valeurs – l’autorité, la famille – auxquelles je suis très attaché. Et ces valeurs, elle a réussi à les faire émerger grâce à ses débats participatifs.» C’est clair et net.
Stop that war! February 19, 2007
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WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled House issued a symbolic rejection of President Bush’s decision to deploy more troops to Iraq on Friday, opening an epic confrontation between Congress and commander in chief over an unpopular war that has taken the lives of more than 3,100 U.S. troops.
The vote on the nonbinding measure was 246-182, and within minutes, Democrats said their next move would be to challenge Bush’s request for $93 billion in new funds for the Pentagon.
“The stakes in Iraq are too high to recycle proposals that have little prospect for success,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, leader of Democrats who gained power last fall in elections framed by public opposition to the war.
“The passage of this legislation will signal a change in direction in Iraq that will end the fighting and bring our troops home,” she vowed after the vote, in which 17 Republicans joined 229 Democrats in a wartime rebuke to the president.
Citing recent comments by Democrats, Bush’s Republican allies said repeatedly the measure would lead to attempts to cut off funds for the troops. Outnumbered, they turned to GOP Rep. Sam Johnson (news, bio, voting record) of Texas to close their case — and the former Vietnam prisoner of war stepped to the microphone as lawmakers in both parties rose to applaud his heroism.
“Now it’s time to stand up for my friends who did not make it home, and for those who fought and died in Iraq already,” he said. “We must not cut funding for our troops. We must stick by them,” he added, snapping off a salute as he completed his remarks to yet another ovation.
A book February 12, 2007
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I’m writing a book called “Word Theater”. Actually it is a book about the WORLD. It could sound too ambitious but I want to use this blog and the book to develop a real idea of the world as I imagine it.
So if you are reading this post please write me what you think is important to write in a book about the world.
