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PROGRESSIVE VS CONSERVATIVE Featuring contributions from : CITIES STATES Anna Lisa Boni Philippe Close Zita Gurmai Peter Kreko Karl-Heinz Lamberts Isabella Lenarduzzi Michael Ludwig Raja Mohan Ozlem Onaran Teresa Ribera Vladimir Spidla ...

SPECIAL COVERAGE BREXIT NEXT NEXT GLOBAL The #MeToo campaign Are UK politicians listening Visegrad Group countries: China’s silk road and its impact within EU political sphere to Millennials? The state of the Left on Europe and the World NEXT SOCIAL NEXT ECONOMY NEXT DEMOCRACY NEXT ENVIRONMENT Revising the Written Positive effects of The price of data Improving the air Statement Directive minimum wages that we breathe

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Editor: Ernst Stetter (FEPS Secretary general) FEPS: rue Montoyer, 40-1000 Bruxelles Editor-in-Chief: Alain Bloëdt Editorial Committee: Ania Skrzypek, David Rinaldi, Vassilis Ntousas, Maria Freitas, Hedwig Giuisto, Elena Gil, Charlotte Billingham, Lisa Kastner, Rosanna Bennett, Laeticia Thissen Coordination & Graphic Design: ww.triptyque.be Editing: Karine Jehelmann, Hale Julian. Photo credits: Shutterstock, The EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Cover Illustration : Peter Willems, Vec-Star Copyright: © FEPS - Foundation for European Progressive Studies NEXT ENVIRONMENT #08 Contents > The ongoing fight for clean air is above p.46 all a social issue > Improving the air that we breathe p.48 NEXT ECONOMY > The benefits of having a statutory minimum wage p.50 CONTRIBUTORS p.2 > A way forward for minimum wages in the EU p.52 EDITORIAL > A European system of minimum wages for p.54 equality-led development > Progressive cities vs conservative states p.3 NEXT GLOBAL SPECIAL COVERAGE > An assessment of EU-China relations p.56 > Women breaking down p.4 > Belts, roads and regions:mapping imaginations p.58 the barriers in local politics > Belt and road initiative and Europe’s fate: p.60 > #Metoo: From hashtag, to movement, p.6 still united in diversity? to systemic solutions to combat sexual harassment > Europe, China’s silk roads and India p.62 > #Metoo, the women’s revolution in need of p.8 > Making the belt and road initiative p.64 ‘Progressive male knights’ to transform the world a two-way street > #Metoo: From social campaign to social change? p.10 FOLLOW UP > A gender power battle to bring equality into p.12 > Europeans must understand Israel’s reality p.67 the labour market is underway > Progressive forces need to propose a new p.70 > Why ‘Me Too’ is not arousing much interest p.14 paradigm to dispel Israeli-Palestine tensions among millions of women > Lessons from history: Female activists in p.16 FOCUS south eastern Europe WHO ARE THE LEADERS ? > Progressive momentum p.72 DEBATES HISTORY NEXT LEFT > Exploring the features of Europe's progressive cities p.74 > The state of the left in the Visegrad group: p.18 PROGRESSIVE CITIES VS CONSERVATIVE STATES paradoces of the Slovak left > Why the EU must listen more to cities and regions p.77 > The state of the left in the Visegrad group: p.20 > To be ‘smart’, cities need to slow down p.80 landscape after a disaster in Hungary > Urban solutions for european challenges p.82 > The state of the left in the Visegrad group: p.22 > How to boost the left and stop the far right Poland’s left, fragmented and in disarray p.84 > Bergkamen: a model for cities run > The state of the left in the Visegrad group: p.24 p.86 by social democrats ? the left succeeds when people start believing in a better future > Overcoming conservative attitudes: p.89 Thessaloniki’s progressive ideas NEXT SOCIAL CITY > Protecting workers’ rights in a changing p.26 world of work > : Social housing: the Vienna model p.92 > The EU law on transparent and predictable p.28 > BIRMINGHAM: Developing mixed open p.94 working conditions is positive cities of the future > EU’s working conditions’ proposals good but p.30 > : Fit out the local neighbourhoods! p.96 more needs to be done > : Building the democracy of tomorrow p.100 in our cities > EU law has good aspects but needs to be improved p.32 > KARLSRUHE: Karlsruhe’s festival: ‘upheaval > Denmark: trade union signs first collective p.34 p.102 - awakening. equal rights for all’ agreement with a digital platform > MALMÖ: ‘Collaborative Future Making’ explained > EU working conditions law good but more p.36 p.104 needs to be done > HAMBURG: promoting integration via p.106 intercultural projects BREXIT > Are UK politicians listening to younger people? p.39 INSPIRATION NEXT DEMOCRACY TO WATCH p.108 > Tax fairness and its discontents p.42 TO READ p.110 > GAFAM versus p.44 TO THINK p.112 CONTRIBUTORS

Yannick Zita Marja Isabella Laeticia Paola Anne Glemarec 4 Gurmai 6 Bijl 6 Lenarduzzi 8 Thissen 10 Panzeri 12 Morelli 14

Sonja Boris Péter Maria Vladimír Barbara Frank Lokar 16 Zala 18 Krekó 20 Skóra 22 Špidla 24 Gerstenberger 26 Lorenz 28

Siôn Vanya Thorkild Agnes Caroline Robert Laurent Simon 30 Grigorova 32 Holmboe 34 Jongerius 36 Macfarland 39 Sweeney 42 Alexandre 44

Kathleen Teresa Rémi Guillaume Özlem Jo C. Cindy Van Brempt 46 Ribera 48 Bazillier 50 Balas 52 Onaran 54 Leinen 56 Fan 58

Alisée C. Raja Vassilis Isaac Victor Charlotte Karl-Heinz Pornet 60 Mohan 62 Ntousas 64 Herzog 67 Bostinaru 70 Halpern 74 Lambertz 77

Pier Giorgio Anna Lisa Marc Roland Leonidas Michael Jon Oliveti 80 Boni 82 Tarabella 84 Schäfer 86 Makris 89 Ludwig 92 Bloomfield 94

Philippe Pauline Suzanne Per-Anders Laura-Helen Close 96 Veron 100 Asche 102 Hillgren 104 Rüge 106 EDITORIAL PROGRESSIVE CITIES VS CONSERVATIVE STATES

by Maria João Rodrigues, FEPS President

russels, Paris, London, political, economic, digital and and freedom of speech to Vienna, : international capitals, the world nationalists, which only serve through cities such as is constantly changing. This is an to make the situation worse. these, led by progres- open, multicultural and multilin- Bsives of a new generation, social gual world. Ceding in many ways to the democracy continues to show powers of influence of conserv- that it is alive and kicking despite But the city can sometimes atives and liberals, the European the efforts of those who wish to seem rather like an employee in Commission has just proposed bury it. It is a social democracy a public administration who is reducing the component of the of proximity, which responds dealing directly with the public European Union’s budget that to the questions and concerns or the switchboard operator at was dedicated to the develop- of local residents. It is a social a large company. They listen to ment of cities and regions, who democracy that defends those the complaints and concerns of are the major stakeholders in embroiled in long term struggles respectively, citizens or dissatis- people’s everyday lives. for housing for all and defends fied customers but they can do those who have breathed new nothing about the issues raised. Progressive forces must now life into the debate about sus- The state dominates and, when propose a new agenda. It is up tainable energy. it is led by conservative forces, to progressive forces to translate often acts overly cautiously or their local actions to a national It is no coincidence that social even in a cowardly way. and European level. democracy is rooted in big cities. In these ever-growing Currently, nation states are spaces, there is a new genera- predominantly huddled tion of young people attracted together in Europe and appear by local amenities and migrants prepared to let the market drawn to the cities in the hope decide what is best for them. of finding their first job and a Instead of taking responsibility better life where they are fully and offering a reassuring vision included in society. In these to citizens, the state gives time FOCUS

PROGRESSIVE CITIES VS CONSERVATIVE STATES

| The increasing pace of daily life and our consumption patterns are pushing some people to begin a movement to slow down

TO BE ‘SMART’, CITIES NEED TO SLOW DOWN by Pier Giorgio Oliveti

It is not a matter of being literally "slow" but rather cities need to be "reflective" and attentive to their own model of development. At the heart of the Cittaslow project are community relations, cultural heritage and beauty, the balanced relationship between city and countryside, the defense of natural biodiversity and agri-food. Pier Giorgio Oliveti reminds us of the need to slow down to create new environments.

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wenty years ago, four everyone's lips: the possibility of mayors from four small or medium-sized centres #EuropeanCities small Italian cities, and more generally of individual Cittaslow: There Greve in Chianti, Bra, territories, to be "active" and not are projects and TPositano and Orvieto, gave life passive subjects of their devel- actions to be to a network of municipali- opment in a world increasingly shared together ties that aims to transfer the subjected to global phenomena concept of ‘positive slowness’ that are both positive and nega- @cittaslow_intl proposed by Carlo Petrini and tive. Respecting and enhancing the concept of ‘slow food’ to the the dynamic identity of places, local government of territories. of collective memory, of the land- Today there are over 240 cities scape as a synthesis between in this network, from 30 coun- geographical space and territory tries around the world. From the and the affirmation of commu- project examples of active resist- ancient concept of the walled nity economy policies: This is ance compared to models of Italian and European villages of Cittaslow's main mission. ‘fake development’, of ephemeral medieval municipalities (‘Libero development that has no future. Comune’), was born a new and Some consider it an impossible very modern approach to urban challenge that borders on utopia. Rather than speaking in confer- self-government, more attentive But, in reality, over many years ences, Cittaslow mayors prefer to the values ​​present in individ- of activities, the mayors and to grow the ‘slow’ territories ual territories, to the natural the communities have shown step by step, to concretely environment, to culture and to exactly the opposite everywhere. engage in local quality in a 360° social issues. Despite a problematic general way, to resist the most insidious context featuring constant and global storms better than oth- Cittaslow, let's face it, has some- rapid change and deregula- ers (statistical data comfort us how anticipated what is now on tion, Cittaslow has offered pilot in this sense).

In summary, a mayor from the Cittaslow network offers its citi- zens some projects and actions to be shared together. The areas concerned are sustainable agri- culture, the local and virtual market, art and functional crafts, education and school and the aim is to encourage the emer- gence of ‘slow’ citizens, new types of energy, sustainable and quality transports shared social responsibility, participa- tory forms of governance, a new form of citizenship and social inclusion, Cittaslow style tour- ism (i.e. not industrial but based on identity specificities).

> AUTHOR Pier Giorgio Oliveti is Sec- retary General of Cittaslow International.

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