Sven Giegold

TEDxChange – The Big Picture today in Berlin

Today, Thursday April 5th 2012, I’m looking forward to take part at the “TEDxChange 2012 – The Big Picture” conference, hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, in Berlin: http://tedxberlin.de/2012/01/tedxchange-the-big-picture/ The brodcast starts at 5 p.m. CEST. I’ll talk about our concept: Green New Deal, find details here: http://greennewdeal.eu. I was told that approximately 100.000 people […]

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Launch of the European Citizens’ Initiative!
Strengthening the European civil society

The EU is often considered to be a pioneer because of its transnational sharing of sovereignty through democratic institutions. Many European citizens have the impression though, that they can hardly influence the European decision-making processes. In the course of the Euro crisis not only the felt remoteness of the European institutions has increased, also scepticism […]

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Interview on my report on the promotion of Social Solidary Economy and the European Cooperative Society Statute

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Greens/EFA call for initiation of Article 7 procedure against Hungary

As a response to the deterioration of the political situation in Hungary, Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA group in the European parliament, today called for the initiation of a procedure under Article 7 of the EU Treaty. Harms and Cohn-Bendit had already expressed their deep concerns about Hungary’s dangerous slide towards […]

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Common Paper on the Eurocrisis SPD / Greens

To your attention a common paper on the Eurocrisis: 2011 12 08 Papier Eurokrise_englisch

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Commission proposal on European social entrepreneurship funds: a milestone for the recognition of the social and solidarity economy

The European Commission today adopted a proposal on social entrepreneurship funds. Commenting on the proposal, Green financial spokesperson and shadow rapporteur on this legislative file Sven Giegold said: “With this proposal Commissioner Barnier lays the foundations for the recognition and promotion of the social and solidarity economy.  Currently, at least 7% of all jobs in […]

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