By Anne Van Lancker (President of SOLIDAR) and Julie Martinaud (SOLIDAR Policy Officer for migration and inclusion) This article was originally written in English, but published in Spanish in the Autumn 2024 edition of Tiempo de Paz, an investigative and analytical quarterly publication funded in 1984 by SOLIDAR member Movimiento Por La Paz – MPDL….
Deteriorating Freedom of Association in Myanmar: IndustriALL’s Letter to the EU Four years since the military coup in Myanmar, the situation for workers in the country continues to deteriorate and forced labour remains widespread . In this context, IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll European Trade Union, have written a letter: SOLIDAR joins IndustriAll call and stands…
New European Semester cycle: how much space for social investment? The 2025 European Semester cycle has officially kicked off with the release of the Autumn Package at the close of 2024, marking the first under the new austerity-driven economic governance framework. The Semester aims to achieve macroeconomic stability, growth and fiscal sustainability, while at the…
Over 160 NGOs, Trade Unions, and Civil Society Organisations, including SOLIDAR, have signed a joint letter to call on the European Union to ban all trade with Israel’s illegal settlements. The joint letter urges the European Commission to take action to ban all trade and business between the EU and Israel’s illegal settlements in the…
In 2019, the European Green Deal set Europe’s green transition in motion, charting a course towards climate neutrality by 2050. However, it largely overlooked the socio-economic inequalities and social issues that must be addressed to ensure that the transition fosters truly sustainable and resilient economies and societies. For this reason, SOLIDAR has consistently advocated for…
With Europe’s new right-wing majority, the calls for more competitiveness have unsurprisingly also become louder. The European Commission’s “Competitiveness Compass” contains the vision for overcoming the economic challenges of the next five years, including a sweeping reduction in red tape, tighter public-private collaboration, and strategic investments in cutting-edge technologies. It is very hard to get…
As the European Union transitions to a new mandate, the shift from the European Green Deal to the Clean Industrial Deal raises questions: Will social and environmental justice and sustainability once again be sidelined in favour of competitiveness and growth? And will the EU recognise CSOs vital role in improving the quality of policymaking and…
We live in a time of deepening and accelerating climate, environmental and social crises. The summer of 2024 was the hottest on record, both in Europe and globally. In addition to the devastating human and material losses, the EU’s economy is projected to lose more than €50 billion per year to extreme weather and climate…
Today the Council of Europe’s European Year of Digital Citizenship Education (EYDCE) has been launched! SOLIDAR will support the EYDCE’s goal to encourage education that helps people use digital technologies in the right way and effectively, and to deal with problems like false information, bullying online, hate speech, and the misuse of personal data. The…
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