An inventory of EP candidates: The way to a Europe for the people…or?

Should there be enough political honesty, creativity and dialogue, the EU might yet make a turn towards building a Europe-wide democratic public sphere, a sustainable development model, job security and decent employment, democratic governance of common goods and an uncompromising protection of human rights – this is the attitude of the members of the Platform…

Social Europe – strategic investment, not cost!

„Unlike the American Dream, the European Dream was a guarantee that you will not fall through the safety net and end up existentially endangered, even if you were not the best. Today, the European Dream is endangered by austerity measures and policies based on the assumption that investing in people is an expenditure we cannot…

The left is losing at the expense of the right, is there anyone “awake”?

epa03693597 Participants compete in the European Individual Chess Championship in Legnica, Poland, 09 May 3012. About 300 participants are competing for the title and 100,000 euro prize money until 17 May. EPA/MACIEJ KULCZYNSKI POLAND OUT

The biggest problem of today’s European Union is that the citizens do not trust institutions, both at the European and the national level. But there is a solution in the form of strong pressure from the outside and radical changes within institutions , concluded Dr. sc. Jordi Vaquer, director of the Open Society Initiative for…

“Pre-election activist inventory for the EU by 2020.”

Platform 112, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia, Group 22, Clubture and Green forum presented the “Pre-election activist inventory for the EU by 2020.” It’s about the alternative propositions and innovation policy for higher democracy, security, and sustainable development in the new mandate of European Parliament and European Commission.  They invited candidates for European…

„Another EUrope is necessary and possible! “

 “Another EUrope is necessary and possible – with innovations for more democracy, solidarity and sustainable development in the new mandate of the European Parliament and the European Commission”, Platform 112, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia, Group 22, Clubture and Green forum highlighted through presentation of the “Pre-election activist inventory for the EU by…

EUvox, EU-wide voting advice application, presented

Zagreb, 24.04.2014 - Predstavljanje glasaèkog kompasa - EUvox 2014 u Kuæi Europe u Zagrebu. EUvox 2014 je on-line platforma koja biraèima olakšava odabir politièke opcije na izborima, a od 24. travnja bit æe dostupna za predstojeæe europske izbore u svim zemljama EU, ukljuèujuæi Hrvatsku. Na slici Dario Nikiæ Èakar, voditeljica Ureda za informiranje Europskog parlamenta u Hrvatskoj Violeta Simeonova Stanièiæ i izvršni direktor GONG-a Dragan Zeliæ. foto FaH/ Denis CERIÆ /dc

EUvox, an EU-wide voting advice application (VAA) for the 2014 European Parliament elections, was presented in the Europe House in Zagreb on Thursday. The purpose of EUvox is to help citizens choose the political party that best matches their own policy preferences and enable them to have quick access to information about the positions of all parties…