OUR JOURNEY #EUROPETOGETHER A new direction for a progressive Europe. Standing up for our future! FOREWORD Dear friends, We started on a journey back in 2016, on the back of a challenging blow for Europe. How did we get to a point where the majority of citizens in one country voted not just against the EU, but to leave the EU? The status quo is clearly no longer an option. With our Europe Together initiative we have had time to reflect, but more importantly, we have had time to listen. We need to listen to people, talk to them about how we can make a difference, and take them with us on the journey towards change. In our Go Local events, where smaller groups of people are able to have even more open and informal discussions, we have been able to hear from even more different points of view from people from all walks of life. In this brochure, you can look through a selection of the Together events that we’ve had and the issues that we’ve talked about. You can follow our Together journey using our map and see where we have gone local so far. Whether it is on strengthening the Social Model, tax justice, preserving our planet or defending democracy, we have had a great response from people all over Europe who wanted to have their say. The Europe Together journey does not stop here. We can only achieve the change we need, if we continue to unite the progressive family with a movement led by everyday people. Now more than ever, the progressive voices need to be heard, not just in capital cities from politicians, but from everyone, in all villages and towns, wherever they are in Europe. We are going build on the movement we have started. We are going to keep listening, keep talking with people, keep taking on new ideas and keep fighting for the progressive change Europe needs. Together we can. In comradeship, Udo FINLAND HELSINKI TALLINN ESTONIA VORU SWEDEN GÖTEBORG DENMARK COPENHAGEN HAMBURG THE POLAND NETHERLANDS THE HAGUE BELGIUM CHEMNITZ BRUSSELS KRAKOW BRUGES ANTWERPEN MAINZ PRAGUE BRNO CZECH GERMANY KOSICE PARIS REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA STRASBOURG AUSTRIA VIENNA FRANCE BUDAPEST HUNGARY LJUBLJANA ZAGREB FOSSOLI IZOLA / KOPER CROATIA MILANO SLOVENIA REGGIO EMILLIA CARCASSONNE ITALY SPAIN PORTUGAL ROME LISBON VALENCIA ROTA FINLAND HELSINKI TALLINN OUR JOURNEY SO FAR ESTONIA VORU SWEDEN GÖTEBORG 18 30 DENMARK countries cities COPENHAGEN More than HAMBURG THE POLAND NETHERLANDS THE HAGUE 10,000 CHEMNITZ BELGIUM participants BRUSSELS KRAKOW BRUGES ANTWERPEN MAINZ PRAGUE BRNO CZECH GERMANY KOSICE More than PARIS REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA STRASBOURG AUSTRIA VIENNA FRANCE BUDAPEST HUNGARY 300,000 live stream views LJUBLJANA ZAGREB FOSSOLI IZOLA / KOPER CROATIA MILANO SLOVENIA REGGIO EMILLIA #EuropeTogether CARCASSONNE ITALY most trending hashtag in several countries SPAIN PORTUGAL ROME LISBON VALENCIA ROTA A SNAPSHOT OF OUR GO LOCAL JOURNEY BRUSSELS BELGIUM - 19/10/2016 TOGETHER - KICK-OFF We launched the Europe Together initiative in Brussels in October 2016. This was the kick-off Europe Together event organised in the wake of the Brexit referendum. We realised that the status quo was no longer an option. This is why the event focused on a new direction for a progressive Europe, in a bid to work together to make the EU work better and deliver more for people. Speakers included • Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the • Kuba JABLONOWSKI, PhD researcher, Member European Commission of the Foundation for European Progressive • Martin SCHULZ, President of the European Studies’ (FEPS) Millennials Parliament • Mikaela KANTOR, President of the European • Sergei STANISHEV, President of the Party of Youth Parliament Cyprus and Member of European Socialists (PES) Relaunching Europe • Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the • Clémence MAULAT, President of the Young European Commission Socialists in Bas-Rhin, former Erasmus student • Massimo D’ALEMA, President of the Foundation • Carlota NÚÑEZ STRUTT, President of the of European Progressive Studies (FEPS) European Student Think Tank, Member of School of Democracy • Luiz DULCI, Professor at the University of São Paulo • Ayham SEIF, Student from Syria, formerly at • Catiuscia MARINI, President of the Party of Syrian Arab Red Crescent European Socialists, Committee of the Regions • Jan ZIELONKA, Professor of European Politics • Conny REUTER, Secretary General of Solidar and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow, St Antony’s College, • Laura SLIMANI, President of the Young University of Oxford European Socialists • Bruno LE ROUX, President of the Socialist Group • Luca VISENTINI, General Secretary of the at the National Assembly of France European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC - 02/06/2016 DIGITAL AGE Together for young people, social solidarity and equality in the digital age For our second Together event we met in Prague in December 2016 to discuss the Digital Agenda. We committed to building a European Digital Union for growth and for a better future. With a potential for new quality jobs and new ways of working together in solidarity, we also committed to fighting for digital equality. Consumer rights on the digital market were also considered an important part of going forward fairly in the digital era. The Fourth Industrial Revolution needs to make sure that all workers are treated fairly and equally. Speakers included • Seyi AKIWOWO, Labour Councillor • Victor NEGRESCU, MEP Newham London • Allan PÄLL, Secretary General, European • Pervenche BERÈS, MEP Youth Forum • Christof DEGRYSE, Senior Researcher, • Tomas PROUZA, State Secretary for the Czech ETUI Republic on the European digital Agenda • Muna DUZDAR, State Secretary in the • Pille PRUULMANN-VENGERFELDT, Senior Austrian Federal Chancellery Lecturer, Malmö University • Myriam EL KHOMRI, French Minister of • Maria João RODRIGUES, Vice President Employment S&D Group • Sabine GILLESSEN , D64 - Zentrum für • Nicolas SCHMIT, Luxembourg Minister of digitalen Fortschritt Social Affairs and Digital • Istvan HAIDEKKER, Blablacar • Mark WALKER, Marketing Manager, AbilityNet • Jan HAMÁČEK, Chair of Czech Parliament • Josef WEIDENHOLZER MEP, Vice President • Marju LAURISTIN, MEP, Vice President S&D Group S&D Group ROME ITALY - 24/03/2017 FUTURE OF EUROPE Shaping the Future of Europe To mark the 60th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, we organised a debate on the Future of the European Union in March 2017. Where better than Rome for this? During the event we talked about four essential pillars in Europe: sustainable and shared prosperity, strong democracy, security and protection of fundamental rights and international cooperation. These pillars need to be the basis on which we go forward in Europe. Speakers included • Udo BULLMANN, S&D S&D Vice-President, • Michele NICOLETTI, Socialist Group (President) President in the Council of Europe • Tanja FAJON, MEP, S&D Vice-President • Thomas OPPERMANN, Chairman of • Ernst HILLEBRAND, Director, Friedrich the SPD Parliamentary Group, German Ebert Foundation, Rome Bundestag • Katja LEHTO-KOMULAINEN, Deputy • Gianni PITTELLA, MEP, President of the Secretary General, ETUC S&D Group • Catiuscia MARINI, Socialist Group • Maria João RODRIGUES, MEP, President in the European Committee S&D Vice-President of the Regions • Oliver ROETHING, Regional Secretary of • Federica MOGHERINI, High UNI Europa Representative of the European Union • Francisca SAUQUILLO, President of for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Solidar and Vice-President of the European • Sergei STANISHEV, President of the PES Commission • Patrizia TOIA, MEP, Head of the Italian • Pierre MOSCOVICI, European S&D Delegation Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs • Giorgio NAPOLITANO, President Emeritus of Italy TALLINN ESTONIA - 12/05/2017 OUR CHOICE: A SOCIAL EUROPE We met in Tallinn in May 2017 for a Together debate on a Social Europe. If Europe doesn’t put people at forefront of everything it does, then what good is it? One important step to re-focus the EU on people’s wellbeing is to look at the European Social Pillar which focuses on guaranteeing citizens’ rights in a changing labour market. In Tallinn, we understood how much we can learn from our neighbours and from each other across Europe. Speakers included • Joao Duarte ALBUQUERQUE, President of • Andrejs MAMIKINS, MEP Young European Socialists • Jens NILSSON, MEP • Raul EAMETS, Dean in the faculty of Social • Jevgeni OSSINOVSKI, SDE Chairman and Sciences, University of Tartu Minister of Health and Labour • Zita GURMAI, President PES Women • Urve PALO, Minister for Entrepreneurship • Agnes JONGERIUS, MEP, EP Vice-Chair and Information Technology of Committee on Employment and Social • Gianni PITTELLA, S&D Group President Affairs • Conny REUTER, Secretary General of • Jeppe KOFOD, S&D Vice-President SOLIDAR • Paavali KUKKONEN, SITRA -The Finnish • Maria Joao RODRIGUES, Innovation Fund S&D Vice-President • Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, MEP • Antton RÖNNHOLM, Secretary General of • Marju LAURISTIN, MEP SDP Finland • Mogens LYKKETOFT, MP, former President of the United Nations General Assembly and former Danish Finance Minister BRUSSELS BELGIUM - 28-29/06/2017 TOGETHER - CALL TO EUROPE! DEMOCRACY FIRST! We joined the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) in May 2017 in Brussels for its annual flagship conference Call to Europe. This brought together a unique multi-stakeholder community of progressive politicians, civil society, academics and media to develop concrete