According to a new democratic right, established in 2015, any EU citizen, together with commonly concerned neighbors, can launch an initiative to be brought before the European Commission. Any EU citizen has a mechanism at their disposal, through which EU policy and legislation could be influenced according to their concerns. The European Citizens’ Initiative is…
Tag: International cooperation
Solidarity in the institutions and parks of Brussels
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) voted unanimously in favour of a resolution on the current refugee crisis, expressing a common concern on part of representatives of employers, trade unions and civil society organisations across the EU. The Resolution, adopted on Wednesday, September 16 2015, expresses regret over the plight of the refugees, migrants…
Stable financial mechanisms are a new impulse that drives the EU
The European Economic and Social Committee organised a round table „The role of Cooperative Banks“ in the House of Europe in Zagreb on September 11, with the aim of representing the concepts and models of cooperative ethical banks. New financial perspective and EU strategies for social entrepreneurship were presented by Carlos Trias Pinto from EESC,…
Where did the European values disappear?
Centre for Peace Studies (CMS), Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity (CROSOL), Association of Croatian Trade Unions, Group 22 and Centre for Labour studies, are expressing deep concern over the serious threat to the fundamental European values of democracy, solidarity, social justice and human rights protection in the case of the current Greek debt crisis.…
Ukrainian civil organisations seek intl. support in Zagreb
Representatives of Ukrainian civil organisations said in Zagreb that they urgently needed international support to put more pressure on the authorities to document the serious human rights violations there. The delegation is on a week-long visit to Croatia, at the invitation on Croatia’s Documenta Centre for Dealing with the Past, attending meetings and lectures on…
Social dialogue in Norway and Croatia
The conference “Norway and Croatia: Partners in Economic and Social Development”, organised by the Norwegian embassy in Zagreb on Monday, brought together Croatian government officials, unionists, employers and nongovernmental organisations’ activists. Speaking at the conference, Labour and Pension System Minister Mirando Mrsic boasted that “social dialogue in Croatia has become of age”, while union leader…