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Sustainable Equality Sustainable Equality WELL-BEING FOR EVERYONE IN A SUSTAINABLE EUROPE Report of the Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality | 2019-2024 First published November 2018 Editor Marcel Mersch [email protected] S&D Group/Progressive Society European Parliament Rue Wiertz 60 B-1047 Brussels Progressive Society is an initiative sponsored by the Parliamentary Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu TheProgressives socialistsanddemocrats socsanddems socsanddems socsanddems socialistsanddemocrats Table of contents What is Progressive Society? 6 The Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality 8 Acknowledgments 12 Executive summary 14 Foreword, Udo Bullman 24 CHAPTER 1 From a broken system to well-being for everyone in a sustainable Europe 27 Louka T.Katseli & Poul Nyrup Rasmussen CHAPTER 2 Call to action for a radically different Europe 37 Policy Chapters 45 CHAPTER 3 Power to the people 49 3.1 Vigorous democracy 55 3.2 Engaged social partners and robust trade unions 57 3.3 A vivid and broad civic space 61 CHAPTER 4 Reshaping capitalism 67 4.1 A plural, diversified economy 73 4.2 Accountable and sustainable corporate responsibility 80 4.3 Effective corporate tax collection 85 4.4 An accountable and inclusive financial sector 90 4.5 Technological change for the benefit of all 96 CHAPTER 5 Social justice 101 5.1 A Europe without poverty 106 5.2 Good jobs and good pay for all 116 5.3 Gender equality 123 5.4 An open society for everyone 126 5.5 No territories are left behind 128 CHAPTER 6 Social-ecological progress 139 6.1 A just transition 144 6.2 A social-ecological state 152 CHAPTER 7 Enabling change 157 7.1 A sustainable eurozone 162 7.2 Financing a sustainable transition 169 7.3 Sustainable European governance 173 ANNEX 110 policy actions for change 181 Treaty on the European Union (extracts) 191 Sustainable Development Goals 192 What is Progressive Society? Progressive Society is an initiative sponsored by the Parliamentary Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D Group). It was launched in January 2018 thanks to the joint initiative of three Vice-Presidents of the S&D Group at the time, Udo Bullmann, Isabelle Thomas and Kathleen van Brempt, and was inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The initiative was set up to enrich the S&D Group’s parliamentary work in both legislative and non-legislative policy areas across many European policies. These range from budgetary, agricultural, fisheries or regional policy; to environmental, industrial and transport policy; and to economic, employment, social, gender, education, cultural and internal market policies. Through all these areas the S&DGroup already acts to promote a sustainable transformation of our economies and societies. Sustainable Equality 7 The S&D Group is the first parliamentary group in the European Parliament to apply a coherent sustainable development strategy to inform its work in the internal policies of the EU. In order to support this approach with vision and ideas, and to connect its political action better with other actors, particularly in the trade unions and among non-governmental organisations, Progressive Society will continue to deepen and to broaden our understanding of sustainability challenges, and of how policies must change to drive the transformation towards our ultimate goal - a society of sustainable well-being for everyone. Eric Andrieu Mercedes Bresso Kathleen van Brempt Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President S&D Group S&D Group S&D Group www.progressivesociety.eu 8 Sustainable Equality The Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality Louka T. Katseli Co-chair Professor of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Former Minister of Labour and Social Security, and of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping, and former Member of the Greek Parliament Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Co-chair Protector and Founder of The Social Network, Denmark Former Prime Minister of Denmark, former President of the Party of European Socialists, and former Member of the European Parliament LászlÓ Andor Senior Fellow at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin Former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Eric Andrieu MEP, S&D Group Vice-President for agriculture, fishing, regional policy, EU budget and budget control Fabrizio Barca Lecturer in corporate finance and economic history Former Minister for Territorial Cohesion, Italy Co-founder of the Inequality and Diversity Forum Vilija Blinkevičiūtė MEP, Chairwoman of the Committee on women’s rights and gender equality, former Lithuanian Minister for social security and labour Sustainable Equality 9 Hassan Bousetta Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Liège University, Belgium Former Senator on the Belgian Senate Mercedes Bresso MEP, S&D Group Vice-President in charge of economic, employment, social, intenal market, gender, culture and education policies Georg Feigl Economic advisor, public finance and European economic policy, Chamber of Labour, Vienna (AK Wien) Lieve Fransen Senior Advisor at the European Policy Centre on health, social and migration policies, former Director for Social Policies, European Commission Jesus Gallego Garcia Secretario de Internacional, Spanish Confederation of the General Workers’ Union (UGT) Enrico Giovannini Professor of economic statistics, Rome University Tor Vergata Former Minister of Labour and Social Policies Coordinator, Italian Association for Sustainable Development Ann-Sofie Hermansson Mayor of Gothenburg, Sweden Julia Hofmann Lecturer, University of Vienna, Advisor on distribution, employment and labour relations, Chamber of Labour, Vienna (AK Wien) 10 Sustainable Equality Agnès Jongerius MEP, S&D Group Coordinator on the parliamentary committee on employment and social affairs, former Chair of the Dutch Trade Union Federation Eloi Laurent Senior Economist, OFCE Paris, Professor at the School of Management and Innovation of Sciences Po and Visiting Professor at Stanford University Esther Lynch Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation Paul Magnette Mayor of Charleroi, Belgium, former Prime Minister of the Wallonia Region, former Professor of Political Science Catiuscia Marini President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions President of the Umbria Region, Italy Pierre Moscovici European Commissioner for economic and financial affairs, taxation and customs, former French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry Kate Pickett Professor of Epidemiology, University of York Co-founder of the Equality Trust Conny Reuter Secretary General, Solidar, Chair of the Commission’s Sustainable Equality Taskforce with non-governmental organisations Sustainable Equality 11 Andrés Rodriguez-Pose Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Nicolas Schmit Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Economy, Luxembourg Chair of the Employment & Social Affairs ministerial coordination, Party of European Socialists Prof. Dr. Gesine Schwan President and Co-Founder of the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform, President of the Commission on Fundamental Values of SPD Germany Kathleen van Brempt MEP, S&D Group Vice-President for environmental, public health, industrial, energy and transport policy Frank Vandenbroucke Professor, University of Amsterdam and Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) Minister of State, Belgium Andrea Westall Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Open University, UK Trustee, Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Former Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany, Member of the Sustainable Development Council of the German Federal Government Olga Zrihen Vice-President of the Belgian Senate, Member of Wallonia’s Parliament, Member of the European Committee of the Regions 12 Sustainable Equality Acknowledgments The Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality benefitted from advice provided by a taskforce of representatives from non-governmental organisations and trade unions engaged in the fight for a sustainable and fair society. This taskforce was led by Conny Reuter, Secretary General of Solidar, and involved the following people: • Barbara Caracciolo, Solidar • Tanya Cox, Plan International • Irina de Sancho Alonso, PSOE Delegation, European Parliament • Patrizia Heidegger, European Environmental Bureau • Sian Jones, European Anti-Poverty Network • Inigo Macias Aymar, Oxfam • Matthieu Méaulle, European Trade Union Confederation • Masha Smirnova, Social Platform • Patricia Scherer, Social and Health Economy Employers, France (Nexem) • Marion Steff, European Disability Forum • Barbara Steenbergen, International Union of Tenants • Sotiria Theodoropoulou, European Trade Union Institute • Anne van Lancker, European Minimum Income Network The organisation of the Independent Commission’s work and the drafting process has been coordinated by Marcel Mersch, Coordinator for Progressive Society and Head of Department for Sustainable Development at the S&D Group secretariat. Sustainable Equality 13 The Progressive Society team and several S&D Group secretariat members have also directly or indirectly contributed to this drafting process and to the organisation of our work: Isabel Baez Lechuga, Guido Boccardo, Vincent Bocquillon, Miguel Carapeto, Aurore Chardonnet, Anna Colombo, Maggy Coulthard, Marita Cremascoli, Ioannis
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