Eight years after the Arab Spring, rethinking EU policies for the Southern Neighbourhood A report on the post-Arab Spring: way forward for the MENA region was approved in early February by the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). The text will be presented in a European Parliament plenary on 2 March and is expected…
Gender equality requires more and better investment in the social sector Achieving a better work-life balance has been high on the political agenda in the European Union. A Work-Life-Balance Package has been proposed in 2017 that entails legislative and non-legislative measures aimed at advancing regulations and developments in this area. Recently, the directive on a better…
ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN EUROPE – SOLIDAR calls for social investment February 18, 2019 Building upon the Pillar of Social Rights The 17th of November 2017 marked a historical moment. The European Pillar of Social Rights was proclaimed and we cheered it. Indeed, it marked the acknowledgement of the importance of social protection systems which…
The Social Economy – Putting the individual and social objective over capital SOLIDAR attended the conference “Social Economy for the Future of the European Union” organised by Social Economy Europe, and hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions on 6 February this week. With high-level speakers from different EU…
European Parliament votes in favour of a stronger European Social Fund With the European Union budget for 2021-2027 currently being negotiated, the European Social Fund Plus is also up for modification. On 16 January MEPs agreed in plenary to increase the money allocated to the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to €120 billion for the…
The European Parliament published a study by the Parliament think tank on the facilitation directive and trends towards criminalisation of humanitarian assistance. The study, titled “Fit for purpose? The Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants” was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at…
On 29 January this week, the Southern European Heads of State or Government, from Cyprus, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Malta, and Spain met in Nicosia to discuss their position on some ongoing political issues at the EU level. One of these issues was, as predictable, migration. Establishing a united front on the reform of EU…
Majalat 2019: towards a structured dialogue between the CSOs from the Southern Neighbourhood and the EU On 15, 16 and 17 January, SOLIDAR met with consortium’s members of the Majalat Project. Launched in 2018 for a three-year duration, Majalat aims at building a constructive dialogue between the EU and Civil Society. During the three-day meeting, consortium’s…
The EU and the governments of Malta and Italy have been wrangling since the end of December over who is responsible for the people rescued in open sea by German NGOs. The treatment of the Sea Watch and the Sea Eye has brought into sharp focus the effect of Europe’s hard-line shift on migration —…
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