DOI: 10.1515/tfd-2016-0022

THE FEDERALIST DEBATE Year XXIX, N° 2, July 2016

Federalist Action

New Deal for Europe-The European Civil Society Meets the Presentation of the NewDeal4Europe (ND4E) Petition - A European Special Plan for Sustainable Development and Employment - Brussels, 15 March 2016 New Deal 4 Europe – European Committee

The meeting was opened by , support to the Petition, as well as the Group of President of the European Movement European Greens. The Spanish, Italian, French International, MEP and member of the and Belgian representatives stressed the gravity Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), of the conditions of the workers and the young who highlighted the difficulties in the path unemployed or underemployed, and those of towards a democratic and federal Europe, the immigrants, and the urgency that sizable and the importance that initiatives of the civil resources and investments be earmarked for society, such as the ND4E, can represent for the creation of new and stable jobs. All the pushing Europe to face its responsibility. Lucio Organizations, each with regard to the values Levi, proponent and first signatory of the and goals they are pursuing, reaffirmed the Petition, read out the message of support to the proposals contained in the Petition, all of them ND4E by the President Emeritus of the Republic closely connected to the serious social and of Giorgio Napolitano; he then illustrated environmental problems ensuing from the the Petition’s objectives and underlined democratic deficit of the present-day European the dangers of a situation where citizens Union. The necessity was unanimously are detached from European institutions, asserted for the European Parliament to regain and the urgency for the latter to respond the role of initiative it is expected to perform. with immediate decisions to the problems besetting the citizens. The first Member of The members of the ND4E’s European the European Parliament to speak was Gianni Committee Jean Francis Billion (France) and Pittella, President of the Socialists&Democrats Domenec Devesa (Spain), Francesco Franco Group. Pittella underlined the importance of (Belgium), Catherine Vieilledent (UEF-Groupe the meeting held at the European Parliament Europe), spoke about the Petition. The meeting between Spanish, Italian, French and German was closed by the MEP Juan Fernando López social militants and the MEPs, which testifies Aguilar and by the representative of the Italian to the MEPs’ commitment to pursue the Committee Paolo Ponzano. Aguilar went into proposals submitted with the ND4E petition. detail about the Petition’s proposals and said he is committed to continue to support them. There followed the speeches of the Ponzano stated that the next months will be representatives of the ND4E promoting decisive for what concerns the increase of the Organizations and of the MEPs. Many people EU budget’s own resources. The Monti Report participated (see Attachment) and many on the increase of the EU own resources will proposals were put forward. The European be presented to the Commission before the trade union confederation CES-ETUC gave its summer. Should the European Parliament 51

miss the opportunity of the review of the necessary. The European citizens and the Multiannual Financial Framework for asking Organizations representing them who for the creation of new own resources, presented the ND4E Petition will watch over everything will be postponed to 2020/2021, but those who have to take decisions, ready to it could be too late for regaining the citizens’ act, if necessary, in order to bring about the consensus to the European project. objectives promoted by the Campaign New Deal for Europe. The negative signs coming from a part of the The Bruxelles meeting’s video recording is public opinion are worrying. Europe can no available on the ND4E’s Youtube channel at longer ignore the social, environmental and the following address: http://tinyurl.com/ security-related problems that are threatening ND4E-Assembly-15032016. All the news can us, and make Europe’s initiative for the be found in the next newsletter and in the development and peace in the Mediterranean website www.newdeal4europe.eu

ATTACHMENT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Mercedes Bresso, MEP S&D Italy Elly Schlein, MEP S&D Italy 1) Organizations which made a speech Renata Briano, MEP S&D Italy Jo Leinen President of the European Movement Barbara Spinelli, MEP GUE Italy International, MEP, member of the Commitee on Brando Benifei, MEP S&D Italy Contitutional Affairs (AFCO), Welcome Address and Juan Fernando López Aguilar, MEP S&D Spain Chairmanship of the meeting Georgi Pirinski, MEP S&D Bulgaria Lucio Levi, First Signatory of the ND4E Petition, Editor of MEPs present who did not make a speech The Federalist Debate, Member MFE,UEF,WFM Margrete Auken, Green Party Mariano Fandos, Secrétaire confédéral, Confédération Alessia Mosca, MEP S&D française démocratique du travail Assistants to supporting MEPs engaged in coincident Wolfgang G. Wettach, German Green Party, UEF- institutional meetings who confirmed their support Germany Mariano Zosi, assistant to Danuta Hubner MEP PPE Silvana Roseto, CGIL-CISL-UIL Trade unions - Italy Anita Banfi, assistant to Patrizia Toia MEP S&D Claude Denagtergal, ETUC Advisor Assistant to Daniele Viotti Isabel Caño, Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) Regina Dworschak, assistant to Joachim Schuster S&D Georges Vlandas, President of U4U Assistant to Ernst Margall, Greens Party- EFA Group Nicole Fondeneige, Pacte civique Assistant to Ernest Urtasun, Greens Party- EFA Group Mauro Albrizio, Legambiente Gerard Venier Sauvon l’Europe 3) Members of the European Committee Emanuele Caminada Coordinator German ND4E Catherine Vieilledent, General Secretary, Groupe Europe Committee Jean-Francis Billion, Coordinator French Committee Urbano Tocci La Rosa Bianca ND4E, Comité directeur UEF-France Organizations present which did not make a speech Domènec Devesa, Vice-President UEF-Spain, Spanish Giuseppe Gulia, General Secretary, Federation ACLI ND4E Committee International Francesco Franco, Belgian ND4ECommittee Stefano Milia, Italian Council of European Movement (CIME) 4) Supporters and MEPs who excused themselves for Cinzia Delrio, UIL Iternational their absence Emma Klever, European Movement International Raffaella Bolini, Responsible for international relations of Bruno Boissière, CIFE ARCI Bernard Snoy, ELEC-LECE Sylvie Goulard, MEP ALDE Pietro Emili, Directeur Maison du Peuple d’Europe. Simone Fissolo, President Gioventù Federalista Europea (GFE-Italia) 2) MEPs who made a speech Pierre-Jean Coulon, Confédération Française Travailleurs Gianni Pittella, President of the Socialists&Democrats Chrétiens Group in the European Parliament Soledad Cabezón, MEP S&D Spain Jo Leinen, MEP S&D Germany Florent Banfi, President UEF- France

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