Time has come for citizens to play a genuine and meaningful role in the European project. The goal of this campaign is to collect signatures of people from all member states, demanding the introduction of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) by a regulation into European law. Such a regulation would require the European Commission to…
Category: Miscellaneous
To see Islam as a religious or economic issue?
“We are not guilty to the increase of theft, insecurity or of longer queues in hospitals. Neither are the costs of housing increasing due to our presence. Lots of confusing messages are being sent, leading society to connect Islam to terrorism and Muslim to terrorist as well”, says Khamal Rahmouri from the Moroccan Migrant Workers’…
FYEG Campaign against Xenophobia
Xenophobia is not a very fashionable word. Xenophobia is ugly and bad and mean and nobody wants to be called a xenophobe. But when was the last time you hanged on to your bag tighter when passing by a group of Roma on the street? When was the last time you feared expressing a friend…
Young European Greens demands stop on animal testing
On the occasion of the International Day against Animal Testing, the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) demands a stop of animal testing and their replacement by alternative ways of testing. Ska Keller, co-spokesperson of FYEG, says: “Every year, 11 million animals are tortured for the purpose of testing in the EU. This is an…
The Commons as an Idea – Ideas as a Commons
It’s about the publishing practice of the ecosprinter. The concept of the commons has a long heritage. The Romans distinguished between different categories of property, these were: Firstly, res privatæ, which consisted of things capable of being possessed by an individual or family. The second, res publicæ, which consisted of things built and set aside…
CPE: the biggest movement since 68, and more… Why ?
France afraid. A break-based society. The non-realistic fight against the liberalism. France, defender of fundamental freedoms. What to believe? The world doesn’t understand the French rebellion. We the French people aren’t sure of what’s happening in our country. If there are between 1 and 3 millions persons in the streets, it is not only against…
Young European Greens look forward to a “hot spring” for precarity
The Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) is happy to see the youth of France stopping the unacceptable law, CPE, that would greatly reduce the job security of not only people under 26, but of the whole of French society. FYEG congratulates the protesters, secondary school and university students, inner city and suburban youth, workers…
A movement split, but understanding
A report about the demonstrations in Paris in March and April: Marcus Drake was one of the protesters and gives a personal view. It all was very predictable, from the start. It felt like I could foresee how things would unfold on the first big demonstration I went to in Paris, on Saturday the 18th…
The neurogreen manifesto
Catastrophist Intro -Neurogreen is born out of the conviction that destruction of the biosphere, devastating inequality and global civil war are the three dimensions of an epochal crisis in global society and in its institutions presiding over economic value, political sovereignty and democratic legitimacy. After 5 years of global movement, a new radical identity, both…
Concerts for intercultural dialogue
The concerts are conducted by the Maestro Eugenio Bennato (Italy) together with Fathy Salam, famous Egyptian musician and the gnawa singer and gumbri player from Algeria, Hasna El Becharia. The tour has already visited Otranto, Rome, Luxembourg and Rabat, and will continue in Naples in May, Marseille in July, Amman in September and will finish…