AccelerateEU: The consequences of Europe’s fossil fuel dependency
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AccelerateEU: The consequences of Europe’s fossil fuel dependency

x AccelerateEU is the EU’s latest response to yet another avoidable energy crisis. While it rightly prioritises reducing our economies’ dependence on fossil fuels, accelerating renewables and grid deployment, and strengthening consumer protection, it only ‘manages’ the crisis rather than addressing its root causes. Ultimately, it fails to ensure a fair clean energy transition, particularly for people in vulnerable situations, as it does not secure the necessary financing or binding social and environmental safeguards.  Right diagnosis,…

Silver Rose Awards 2026 | Call for Nominations for the just transition award
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Silver Rose Awards 2026 | Call for Nominations for the just transition award

Are you striving to make a difference and advance a socially just and green transition in your community? Are you fighting for social justice at the local, national or European level? If so, we want to hear from you! In the midst of ongoing climate and environmental crises as well as social inequalities that remain unaddressed, we need ambitious action that both seeks to maintain the…

Enabling Learning Environments: The Role of Non-formal and informal learning in Building Citizenship and Basic Digital Competences
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Enabling Learning Environments: The Role of Non-formal and informal learning in Building Citizenship and Basic Digital Competences

On 21 April 2026, SOLIDAR+, in collaboration with the S&D Group, organised the Policy Knowledge Exchange ‘Enabling learning environments: The role of non-formal and informal learning in building citizenship and basic digital competences’. The event, taking place at the European Parliament in Brussels, brought together policymakers, civil society organisations and education and training stakeholders to discuss the role of non-formal and informal learning (NFIL)…

Policy Dialogue Slovenia – Social righs are both an EU and a national matter
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Policy Dialogue Slovenia – Social righs are both an EU and a national matter

Policy Dialogue Slovenia – Social righs are both an EU and A national matter On 14 April, SOLIDAR and our Slovenian member Povod organised a Policy Dialogue titled “The state of social rights in Slovenia – a European matter” in Ljubljana. The event is the first of a series of national events organised in the framework of the multi-annual programme “BRIDGE”, funded by the EaSI strand of ESF+.  The objective of the…

Normalising criminalisation and forced deportations – SOLIDAR reaction to Returns Regulation
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Normalising criminalisation and forced deportations – SOLIDAR reaction to Returns Regulation

The European Commission tabled its proposal for a new Return Regulation in March 2025, framing it as the “missing piece” of the Pact, while the Council swiftly agreed on a mandate centred on accelerating removals, expanding detention and enabling return hubs in third countries. The European Parliament’s position, adopted on 26 March after a highly…

Open letter: 60+ organisations demand suspension of EU-Israel Association Agreement
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Open letter: 60+ organisations demand suspension of EU-Israel Association Agreement

SOLIDAR joins 60+ organisations calling on EU leaders and foreign ministers to take concrete action in response to Israeli authorities’ violations of international and humanitarian law in Palestine and Lebanon. We call on the European Union to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, and halt all arms transfers to Israel….

SOLIDAR’s assessment of the Cyprus Presidency’s Priorities
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SOLIDAR’s assessment of the Cyprus Presidency’s Priorities

How will these Presidency priorities shape the political space SOLIDAR members operate in and what risks and opportunities do they create for their work?  The Cypriot Presidency’s priorities will shape the political environment in which SOLIDAR, and its members operate at both EU and national level. The Presidency’s programme follows a familiar pattern, placing security, competitiveness and strategic autonomy at the centre of Europe’s future….

SOLIDAR+’s Position on the Skills Portability Initiative
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SOLIDAR+’s Position on the Skills Portability Initiative

SOLIDAR+ welcomes the Skills Portability Initiative (SPI) as a decisive step toward making people’s skills visible, trusted, and usable across borders. We advocate a comprehensive approach that recognises competences acquired through formal, non-formal, and informal learning, supporting both labour mobility and lifelong learning pathways. SOLIDAR+ participated in the SPI’s Open Public Consultation and will continue…