x On 27th June 2024, SOLIDAR held its Annual General Assembly, bringing together its board and staff members to reflect on the past year’s achievements, discuss future strategies for the post-elections phase and reinforce SOLIDAR’s positions by welcoming new members. x x Mikael Leyi, Secretary General from SOLIDAR, Anne Van Lacker, SOLIDAR President and their…
BRIEFING PAPER 108 – What happens in key EU institutions after the June 2024 European Parliament elections? Over 400 million Europeans voted in the European Parliament elections from 6-9 June 2024, resulting in a conservative shift in the European Parliament. Following these elections, a series of key events and negotiations will take place, affecting the…
Building a fair and sustainable WORLD together Together, we can build a Europe that protects people and the planet – starting now After the 2024 European elections, we choose to see the glass half full: the democratic centre has held its ground. Having won this election, the conservative parties hold the key to this cooperation. But…
Workshop on Youth Employment and Social Inclusion – exchange of good practices from civil society Youth unemployment and the high figures of young people not in employment, education and training (the so-called NEETs) is still a big obstacle to social justice in Europe. Several SOLIDAR members and partners work at national and local level to…
After months of negotiations, the EU adopted new rules for its economic governance framework. Regrettably, they will require countries to introduce significant budget cuts, leading to austerity measures and ultimately impeding the investments needed to implement a socially just transition. The EU’s economic governance framework, often seen as a technical and theoretical issue, is deeply…
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…
On 22 May 2024, SOLIDAR together with Pour la Solidarité and Smart debated over the future of Social Europe with civil society representatives and Belgian candidates to the European elections. As the 2024 European Elections approach, the call for a Social Europe is louder than ever. With 88% of Europeans valuing social policies and…
Social rights in the Western Balkans – SRM23 Conference in Tirana SOLIDAR & CLR present the Social Rights Monitor to Albanian stakeholders – the role of the EPSR in the Western Balkans SOLIDAR’s Albanian member Center for Labour Rights (CLR) held an event in Tirana dedicated to the findings of the Social Rights Monitor 2023,…
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…
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