SOLIDAR has proudly joined forces with more than 200 other organisations to sign a joint letter calling for a ban on EU production and exports of banned and hazardous pesticides. Ahead of the informal meeting of EU leaders that took place on June 17th to discuss the Strategic Agenda for the next legislative cycle, this…
After these European elections, we choose to see the glass half full: the democratic centre has held its ground. A coalition of conservatives, socialists, liberals and greens is possible – even if their majority has been weakened. Having won this election, the conservative parties hold the key to this cooperation. But the progressive forces…
A landmark step toward peace: Ireland, Spain and Norway recognise the State of Palestine This May 28th, SOLIDAR welcomes the historical decision of two European Union’s (EU) Member States – Ireland and Spain – and Norway to recognise the State of Palestine. Since 2021, SOLIDAR has been campaigning for this recognition as a necessary step…
The EU finally sees platform workers: member states should not be short-sighted in transposing the directive On 24th April the European Parliament plenary formally voted in favour of the Directive to improve working conditions in platform work, moving one step closer to the final adoption of this piece of legislation, which at this stage only…
Three years and a half after its presentation in September 2020 by the European Commission, the adoption process of the no-longer-so New Pact on Migration and Asylum is finally nearing its end. Members of Parliament (MEPs) adopted last Wednesday, 10th April, six regulations constituting the EU Pact, as well as two recast directives and a…
Protests banned on grounds of protecting ‘public order’ and ‘security’ The European Civic Forum, Civil Liberties Union for Europe, CIVICUS, European Network Against Racism and Solidar are calling on the European Commission to address at the highest political level the unlawful restrictions on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression imposed by member states since the dramatic escalation of violence…
SOLIDAR to the EESC to reiterate the role of civil dialogue for inclusive democracy – civil society week ’24 SOLIDAR and its partners Social Platform, Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum organised a workshop in the framework of the EESC Civil Society Week on 6th March. The workshop, titled “Civil dialogue for inclusive…
On 13th March, Members of the European Parliament adopted the political agreement for a recast Single-Permit Directive. The text proposes important improvements to migrant workers’ lives and working conditions that were pushed by Civil Society Organisations (including SOLIDAR) and Trade Unions. As the situation stands now, single-permit holders willing to leave their employer may…
As Temporary Protection is to expire in less than a year, SOLIDAR join the call from HIAS Europe, PICUM, IRC Caritas EU, Oxfam EU along with 131 civil society organisations for the EU to coordinate a response giving long-term perspectives to people displaced from Ukraine. With temporary protection set to expire on 4 March 2025,…
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