Tuesday 21 April 2009

ECOSY Winter University 2009: Change for Europe!


Recently I attended the 4th European Community Of Socialist Youth[1] (ECOSY) Winter University in the Party of European Socialists (PES) Headquarters and the European Parliament, Brussels.

The event was attended by more than 30 young socialists and social democrats from all over Europe, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, and Italy amongst others. The programme for the Winter University included various political seminars and themed discussions with a diverse range of panelists, including MEPs and NGO representatives.

Key priorities of the conference included tackling European and global inequality and the issue of global climate change.

On Tuesday we had a discussion with Anna Colombo MEP, Secretary General of the PES Group in the European Parliament. One of the many valuable points Anna made was that we, as social democrats, look at the creation of jobs as a value and not as a mean to tackle economic problems. Work must not be held as an end in itself and the principles of Decent Work, Decent Life must be secured.

On Wednesday we discussed with MEPs issues such as social security and the economical crisis, education and innovation, climate change and sustainable development, global governance and nuclear disarmament, integration and migration. On Thursday we discussed the development issues with Pia Locatelli MEP and Emma Ceery of Oxfam and closed with a debate on how to build a citizens Europe with Richard Corbett MEP.

Across Europe we socialists and social democrats want to ensure a better working environment for all workers in the EU, particularly marginalised workers. Economic development and prosperity has left many people behind and ECOSY, the youth section of the Party of European Socialists (PES), demands that the EU works towards a more equal and sustainable European model of development.

During the past year we, as ECOSY Young European Socialists, developed an election manifesto 'Change for Europe' for the forthcoming European Parliament elections.

The ECOSY manifesto demands include: Employment flexicurity not without social security; fight unemployment and under employed (particularly in young people); for full employment; increased job security; promotion of a knowledge-based economy; proper sustainable development and environmental protection; free access to education and life-long learning; more investment in research and development; better access to public services; improved youth exchanges; and better provision of information on EU policies for European citizens.

In particular I would like to see minimum standards of working conditions to be introduced in EU member states. This should include legal guarantee for social rights and protection, full rights for interim agency workers and treatment of internships as real jobs.

It is important that the ‘Decent Work, Decent Life’ agenda is promoted at EU level. The Lisbon strategy has an important external dimension and its social goals have to stand at the heart of Europe’s external policy. Official development aid needs be increased by 1% of GDP in order to achieve UN Millennium Development Goals and help alleviate global poverty levels.

There must be an end to exploitation and the creation of a more equal and sustainable Europe. This can only be done through the relaunching of the Social Europe Agenda.

This Winter University was a unique event because its programme included participation in a Global Progressive Forum conference on ‘The New Globalisation for Progressive Change’. Speakers at the conference included Bill Clinton, Howard Dean and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (PES President). The event was attended by over 3000 progressives, trade union activists and NGO representatives from all over the world. I had the unique opportunity to take part in a PES interview that made up part of the below video production for the event.


Global Progressive forum 2009 from PES_Party of European Socialists on Vimeo.

During the various discussions throughout the week, one major issue was prominent: Europe needs new leadership - the current economic crisis can not be solved by those who created it. The same thinking that created these difficulties can not resolve them. Neo-liberals and conservatives want the marginalised, poor and unemployed to pay for the economic crisis created by them. This is unacceptable.

European inequality can only be tackled through social protection and an end to the neo-conservative political agenda across Europe that has only benefited the political and economic elite.

There must be social responses to the current economic crisis and to the rampant globalisation that has exacerbated global financial difficulties. The economic crisis must not become an excuse to dilute social principles. Social security systems must not be undermined and there must be strong safety nets for workers who lose their jobs.

That is why in June’s European elections it is vital that the PES is returned as the strongest group in the European Parliament. Only by supporting PES candidates such as Alban Maginness can we have positive Change for Europe. The PES and the SDLP want to create a New Social Europe that is people-centred and puts People First!”

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[1] ECOSY is the youth group of the Party of European Socialists and the umbrella organisation for social democratic and socialist youth groups across Europe.

2 comments:

  1. 及到人類的不朽及生命的真正意義:「我們的任務是學習,豐富知
    識成為
    神那樣的生命。直到我們可以解脫了,然後我們會回來教誨和幫助其他
    人。」



    蔡昀叡?"! 靈修

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    * 板主回覆:所以你到底是信奉什麼教???
    悉怛多缽怛囉
    * 於 March 18, 2009 12:14 AM 回應

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    * 留言人: TANKTESSIE
    * 主題:悉怛多缽怛囉
    * 留言時間:2009-03-01 20:19:53 檢舉
    * 留言內容:(1/x)'=1/(-x^2)
    (√ x)'=1/(2√ x)
    ∫f'(x)/f(x)dx=lnf(x)
    (|u|)'=(√ u^2)'=2消去貳u/2消去二(√u^2=|u|)˙u'(x)

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    * 板主回覆:1.函數
    T : V -> V' 為 linear transformation
    =>dim(v) = dim(Im(T)) + dim(ker(T))
    = rank(T) + nullity(T)
    2.矩陣
    A : m x n
    =>n = dim(CS(A)) + dim(ker(A))
    = rank(A) + nullity(A)
    * 於 March 18, 2009 12:15 AM 回應

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    3樓

    3樓坐沙發

    回應

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    1樓

    1樓搶頭香

    經典賽第一輪逆轉摳倒墨西哥 這才叫邱!!
    * 悉怛多缽怛囉 於 March 11, 2009 12:24 PM 回應

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    我要開始嗆你ㄌ


    我要 考台灣大學
    National Taiwan University
    * 無關竹 悉怛多缽怛囉 � 於 March 11, 2009 01:43 PM 回應
    * 於 March 18, 2009 12:16 AM 回應

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    福樓

    +_________________________*
    例如以五臟為例,腎屬水,會發黑光,腎臟不好,因土剋水,脾強腎弱,
    是脾害腎成病,當止腎病於脾,故以黑氣攝取黃氣,腎病者即能癒好。同
    樣道理,脾屬土,會發黃光,脾臟不好係木剋土,肝強脾弱,當止脾病於
    肝,以黃氣攝取青氣,脾病則癒好。心屬火,會發紅光,心臟不好,因水
    剋火,腎害心成病,因腎強心弱,當止心病於腎,以赤氣攝取黑氣,心病
    則癒好。肝屬木,會發青光,肝臟不好,因金剋木,肺害肝成病,因肺強
    肝弱,當止肝病於肺,以青氣攝取白氣,肝病則癒好。肺屬金,會發白
    光,肺臟不好,因火剋金,心害肺成病,因心強肺弱,當止肺病於心,以
    白氣攝取紅氣,肺病則癒好。在基礎篇裏有這些論述,你的哪種臟器有
    病,你就可觀想哪種光,是用物性轉你身體的狀況,萬法唯心造,有心人
    在本身內臟有毛病時,打坐到最好時機,要觀想:我哪個毛病沒有了,我
    那個有毛病的臟器發光了,一天想,二天想,想了一百次、一千次,想不
    發光也不行,所以那個病就沒有了。

    黑黃青白紅 赤氣攝取黑氣
    黑氣攝取黃氣
    黃氣攝取青氣
    以青氣攝取白氣
    白氣攝取紅氣








    佛陀慈悲,於《楞嚴經》中一一示辨並教導行者及後世眾生,來分辨魔境及
    如何度過。這部經被胡適先生判為偽經,外行人做學問就是這樣,自講求
    證據。他說這部經沒有引進,也沒有人翻譯,是突然間冒出來的,而且文
    詞那麼美妙,文章非常漂亮,你若懂它的意思,更不可思議。這部經根據
    報導是走私進來的,印度有一個和尚(般喇密諦譯師)想將此經弘揚到中國
    來,那時印度禁止《楞嚴經》流通到外國去,這個和尚為了能將這部經弘揚
    到中國來,就把自己的手臂皮肉割開,把經文寫成很小的字,縫在皮肉裏
    面,等到皮膚癒合了,看不出了,才闖關到中國來。這部《楞嚴經》帶到中
    國後,從手臂中取出再翻譯出來,翻譯的人(房融),他文才也十分的好,
    文字簡潔。如果你雖懂文字也不懂它在講什麼,其實這部經是開悟的人在
    過程中必須要去讀的經典。http://www.dharma.com.tw/X1Chinese
    /D24Bible/E101.htm
    * 於 March 18, 2009 12:16 AM 回應
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