Published Friday, May 16, 2008 at 18:11
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jose reis santos 
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Last Saturday, the 10th of May, PES Activists Portugal held their first public initiative regarding the Manifesto 2009 consultation in Algarve. This session was dedicated to the New Social Europe theme and had as Keynote Speaker Fernando Medina (Secretary of State of Work); Maria João Rodrigues (Special Adviser to the European Commission), Zita Gurmai (PES Women Leader and MEP, PES), Jamila Madeira (MEP, PES), Manuela Augusto (PS Women Portugal Leader), and Esmeralda Ramires (MP, PS).
The session was presided by the leader of PS Algarve, Miguel Freitasand there were presented some proposals by PES activists.The session was well attended, as all the invited speakers delivered high quality speeches regarding the future of the welfare state model in Europe. In particular, the questions of women in the workforce, the characteristics of the new labor relations, and the sustainability of the European social welfare model were some of the main topics focused. The idea that only the left could maintain and spread these social conquests was very strong, and from this argument came the concern of delivering a good political programme in 2009 and the importance that the 2009 European elections could have in shaping the near future of Europe. The importance of the PES manifesto2009 consultation, the 2009 European elections and the PES activists initiative were also stressed (the videos of this initiative can be seen here)
The PES activists Portugal sessions will continue Saturday, 17 May, in Setubal, with the EU in the world theme. The keynote speaker will be Manuel Lobo Antunes (Secretary of State of European Affairs), and Ana Gomes (MEP, PES), Joel Hasse Ferreira (MEP, PES) and Ana Pinto (New University of Lisbon) will deliver special intervention. We invite you to see the interventions in our website; and if you have any proposals or remarks, please send them to propostas@euromanifesto2009.com.
We hope to see you in one of our next initiatives.
PES activists Portugal
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1. Way to go, PES activists Portugal! by Asynjen
on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 11:21
Sounds like a cool event - way to go, PES activists Portugal!To be able to post comments you need to be logged in. No account yet? Register here! Lost your password?