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Co-Chairs
Brando Benifei (Party of European Socialists)
Frédéric Vallier
Committee Members
Andrew Adonis (European Movement UK)
Michalis Angelopoulos (European Movement Greece)
Giorgia Antonucci (European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions)
Stephan Blahut (European Entrepreneurs)
Veronika Chmelárová (AEGEE-Europe – European Students’ Forum)
Javier Doz Orriz (European Movement Spain)
José María Etxebarria (European Democratic Party)
Sina Frank (European Movement Germany)
Antoine Godbert (European Movement France)
Patrizia Heidegger (European Environmental Bureau)
Jesse Jääskeläinen (European Movement Finland)
Stefan Kitzmann (Eurodiaconia)
Sabine Kober (Council of European Municipalities and Regions)
Jean Lambert (European Greens)
Vera Lipton (Union Syndicale Fédérale)
Iva Ljubičić (Erasmus Student Network)
Maja Lovrinčević (European Movement Croatia)
Mauro Miceli (European Movement Malta)
Jelica Minic (European Movement Serbia)
Marina Monaco (European Trade Union Confederation)
Steffen Nørregaard (European Movement Denmark)
Teresa Oberhauser (AEGEE-Europe – European Students’ Forum)
Sophie O’Rourke (Euractiv)
Elīna Pinto (European Movement Latvia)
Makedonka Radulovic (European Movement North Macedonia)
Renato Sallustio (European Movement Belgium)
Knut André Sande (JEF Europe – Young European Federalists)
Flavia Sandu (Euractiv)
Gaja Savele (European Movement Lithuania)
Maxime Staelens (SGI Europe)
Anne-Rieke Stuhlmann (Samaritan International)
Paul Wardenga (Samaritan International)
Anne-Sophie Wislocki (Eurodiaconia)
Priority Policy Areas
Promoting a green, digital, and just transition
- Investing in health, and promoting a common health policy to tackle pandemics such as COVID-19, ensuring self sufficiency on medication and sanitary goods, and fostering European research and cooperation on vaccines and medication;
- Advocating for the full implementation of the European Green Deal, the Paris Agreement, and the Sustainable Development Goals by involving stakeholders at all levels and from all relevant sectors, while aligning the EU’s recovery from the pandemic with these frameworks and setting an example globally;
- Promoting effective climate and environmental action in the EU and its neighbourhood;
- Consolidating the EU’s energy policy towards a low-carbon economy based on efficiency and renewable energy sources;
- Continuing the development of the circular economy;
- Making sure that all citizens, businesses, sectors, local governments, and Member States are part of such a just transition.
Investing in better education, skills, innovation and job creation
- Advocating for a stronger European social dimension through the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
- Empowering youth through more investment in quality education, internships and jobs;
- Promoting sustainable growth and tackling long-term unemployment;
- Fostering European competitiveness and innovation by investing in skills, lifelong learning, and digital solutions;
- Promoting a strong digital strategy that balances regulation and innovation when it comes to managing digital platforms, to strengthen businesses and empower and protect citizens;
- Developing the EU’s system of own resources and the EU’s capacity to issue common debt, with the aim of deepening the Economic and Monetary Union and the Banking Union.
- Increasing the number of students and people that participate in mobilities around Europe, as a tool for competence development and of bringing Europeans together.
Recent Policy Positions
- Digital Sovereignty and Citizens’ Rights
- Moving Towards a Sustainable Europe
- EU Education at School
- Globalisation: towards greater transparency and inclusiveness
- Future of Europe – A future-proof European Union budget
- Future of Europe – Deepening the Economic and Monetary Union
- Future of Europe – The European Pillar of Social Rights
- Migration and Europe: Protecting fundamental rights
- Jobs and Growth through the Digital Economic Model
- A fully-fledged Economic and Monetary Union: the only way forward
- EU Own Resources
- Tackling Youth Unemployment and the Skills Gap
Take a look at our other policy positions here.
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