Local authorities in Europe as targets of neo-liberal policies but also as places of resistance and
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European meeting of local councillors and parliamentarians
A GUE/REALPE Partnership
European Parliament,
Brussels,
Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 February 2012
Wednesday 8 February 2012
3:00 PM– 6.30 PM:
How have local authorities become targets for neoliberal policies?
Overview of the situation of local authorities in the various EU countries : which reform for the organization of localities? What about local public services? How are citizens deprived of democratic decision-making processes?
Speakers will include:
- Lothar Bisky, Member of the European Parliament, President of GUE-NGL (Germany);
- Raul Ariza, deputy mayor of Zaragoza (Spain);
- Noelle Burgi, politologist and sociologist at CNRS (France);
- Carlos Matias, local councillor in Entroncamento (Spain);
- Willy Meyer, member of European Parliament (Spain);
- Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, member of European Parliament (Cyprus).
Co-presidency :
- Soren Bo Sorengaard, member of European Parliament (Denmark)
- Marie-Christine Vergiat, member of European Parliament (France)
Thursday 9 February 2012
9:00AM – 1:00PM:
Resisting and proposing alternatives to promote genuine citizenship
Exchanging experiences on innovating projects in local authorities:
- Is it possible to resist national and European policies which are suffocating local authorities financially?
- Which alternative projects can we work out to come out of the crisis and promote a participative democracy?
- Which concrete network building between progressive local councillors?
Speakers will include:
- Nikos Chountis, member of European Parliament (Greece);
- Jean-Paul Plassard, president of REALPE (France);
- Vanessa Silva, deputy mayor of Seixal (Portugal);
- Stavros Yerolatsites, local councillor in Strovolos (Cyprus).
Co-presidency:
- Francis Wurtz, honorary member of the Europena Parliament (France);
- Gaby Zimmer, member of European Parliament (Germany).
For more information please contact:
- Gianfranco BATTISTINI: [email protected]
+32 475 64 66 28 - Patrick ALEXANIAN: [email protected]
+32 228 46 524
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